Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/divadlo

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *divati +‎ *-dlo.

Noun

*divadlo n^[1]

(North Slavic) something astonishing, unusual, peculiar, something to look at

Declension

Declension of *divadlo (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*divadlo	*divadlě	*divadla
genitive	*divadla	*divadlu	*divadlъ
dative	*divadlu	*divadloma	*divadlomъ
accusative	*divadlo	*divadlě	*divadla
instrumental	divadlъmь, divadlomь^*	*divadloma	*divadly
locative	*divadlě	*divadlu	*divadlěxъ
vocative	*divadlo	*divadlě	*divadla

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: дива́ло (dyválo)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: divadlo
  - Czech: divadlo
  - → Old Polish: dziwadło
- Polish: dziwadło
- Old Slovak: divadlo
  - Slovak: divadlo
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: dzëwadło
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: źiwadło
  - Upper Sorbian: dźiwadło

References

^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1979), “divadlo”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 3 (davьnъ – dobirati sę), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 213

[1] Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1979), “divadlo”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 3 (davьnъ – dobirati sę), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 213

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