Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dolto

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *dálbta, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰolbʰ-to-m, from *dʰelbʰ- (“to dig, excavate”). Morphologically an instrument noun from *dьlti (“to hollow, chisel”) +‎ *-to or from *dьlbiti (“to hollow, chisel”).

Cognate with Old Prussian dalptan (“punch, instrument for punching holes”) and Old English delfan (“to dig”).

Noun

*dōltò n

1. chisel

Declension

Declension of *dōltò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dōltò	*dõltě	*dōltà
genitive	*dōltà	*dōltù	*dõltъ
dative	*dōltù	*dōltòma	*dōltòmъ
accusative	*dōltò	*dõltě	*dōltà
instrumental	*dōltъ̀mь, *dōltòmь*	*dōltòma	*dõlty
locative	*dōltě̀	*dōltù	*dõltěxъ
vocative	*dōltò	*dõltě	*dōltà

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

Alternative forms

• *dēltò

Related terms

• *delto
• *dętelъ
• *dьlbiti
• *dьlti

Descendants

• Church Slavonic: длато (dlato) (Russian)

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: до́лата (dólata)
  • Russian: долото́ (dolotó)
  • Ukrainian: долото́ (dolotó)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: длато́ (dlató)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: dláto
    • Czech: dláto
  • Old Polish: dłóto
    • Polish: dłuto
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: dłóto
    • Slovincian: dwótô
  • Slovak: dláto

• → Albanian: daltë (possibly)
• → Finnish: taltta
• → Karelian: taltta
• → Romanian: daltă (probably)
• → Veps: talt

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “долото”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dolbto”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 60