Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/motovidlo

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

Either:

*motoviti (“to reel, to spool”) +‎ *-dlo
*motati (“to reel, to spool”) +‎ *-o- +‎ *vidlo (“tool for reeling, spooling”)
*motъ (“skein”) +‎ *-o- +‎ *vidlo (“tool for reeling, spooling”)

Noun

*motovidlo n^[1] needs accents

niddy-noddy

Declension

Declension of *motovidlo (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*motovidlo	*motovidlě	*motovidla
genitive	*motovidla	*motovidlu	*motovidlъ
dative	*motovidlu	*motovidloma	*motovidlomъ
accusative	*motovidlo	*motovidlě	*motovidla
instrumental	motovidlъmь, motovidlomь^*	*motovidloma	*motovidly
locative	*motovidlě	*motovidlu	*motovidlěxъ
vocative	*motovidlo	*motovidlě	*motovidla

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мотовило (motovilo)
  - Old Ruthenian: мотовило (motovilo)
    - Belarusian: матаві́ло (matavílo)
    - Ukrainian: мотови́ло (motovýlo)
  - Russian: мотови́ло (motovílo)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: (dialectal) мотови́ло (motovílo)
  - ⇒ Bulgarian: мотови́ла f (motovíla), мотове́ло n (motovélo)
- Macedonian: мотовило (motovilo)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: мото̀вило
  
  Latin script: motòvilo
- Slovene: motovílọ (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: motovidlo
  - Czech: motovidlo
- Old Polish: motowidło
  - Polish: motowidło
  - Silesian: motowidło
- Old Slovak: motovidlo
  - Pannonian Rusyn: мотовидло (motovidlo)
  - Slovak: motovidlo
- Polabian: mötüvai̯dlĕ
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: mòtowidło
  - Slovincian: môtôwjidlô
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: mótejdło
  - Upper Sorbian: motydło, motedło

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “motovidlo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 55

Snoj, Marko (2016), “motovílo”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “мотовило”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “Матаві́дла”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
Machek, Václav (1968), “motovidlo”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 375
Rejzek, Jiří (2001), “motovidlo”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 408
Králik, Ľubor (2016), “motovidlo”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 370
Polański, Kazimierz (1973), “mötüvai̯dlĕ”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 3 (ľǫ̇dü – perĕ), Wrocław; Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 406
Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “motowidło”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), volume 2, →ISBN, page 214

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “motovidlo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 55

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