Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kǫdьlo

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

Alternative forms

• *kǫdьla

Etymology

Perhaps from *kǫd- +‎ *-ьlo, whence also Proto-Slavic *kǫdrь (“curl”)

Noun

*kǫdьlo n

1. tuft (of hair)

Inflection

Declension of *kǫdьlo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kǫdьlo	*kǫdьlě	*kǫdьla
genitive	*kǫdьla	*kǫdьlu	*kǫdьlъ
dative	*kǫdьlu	*kǫdьloma	*kǫdьlomъ
accusative	*kǫdьlo	*kǫdьlě	*kǫdьla
instrumental	*kǫdьlъmь, *kǫdьlomь*	*kǫdьloma	*kǫdьly
locative	*kǫdьlě	*kǫdьlu	*kǫdьlěxъ
vocative	*kǫdьlo	*kǫdьlě	*kǫdьla

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

Related terms

nouns

• *konopь
• *kǫdělь
• *kǫdrь

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian:
    • Belarusian: ку́дло (kúdlo)
    • Ukrainian: ку́дла (kúdla)
      • ⇒ Ukrainian: ку́дли (kúdly)
  • Russian: кудло́ (kudló)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: kudla
  • Polish: kudeł, kudła (obsolete)
    • ⇒ Polish: kudły
  • Slovak: kudla

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кудло́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress