Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tobola

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

Unknown:

• Matzenauer: Possibly borrowed from Latin tabula (“table”) (cf. Czech šrajtofel (“bag”), from German Schreibtafel (“slate, chalkboard”));
• Kannisto: Derived from a Turkic term, compare Tatar tubal (“bark basket”).
• Mladenov: Related to Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place, location”), Lithuanian tàpti (“to become”).

All deemed dubious by Vasmer.

Noun

*tobola f (diminutive *tobolъka, *tobolьcь)

1. (North Slavic) bag, sack (container)
2. (South Slavic) quiver, case (fastener or container)

Declension

Declension of *tobola (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tobola	*tobolě	*toboly
genitive	*toboly	*tobolu	*tobolъ
dative	*tobolě	*tobolama	*tobolamъ
accusative	*tobolǫ	*tobolě	*toboly
instrumental	*tobolojǫ, *tobolǫ**	*tobolama	*tobolami
locative	*tobolě	*tobolu	*tobolasъ, *tobolaxъ*
vocative	*tobolo	*tobolě	*toboly

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: тобо́ла (tobóla)
    • Ukrainian: табу́ла (tabúla), табу́ра (tabúra), та́бла (tábla) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Ukrainian: тобі́лка (tobílka), тaбі́лка (tabílka) (dialectal)
  • ⇒ Russian: тобо́лка (tobólka) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: тобу́ля (tobúlja) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: tobola, Tobola
    • Czech: tobola f, tobole
  • Kashubian: tobole pl
  • Old Polish: toboła
    • Polish: toboła (obsolete)
      • ⇒ Polish: tobół m
  • Old Slovak: tobola
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: toboła
    • Upper Sorbian: toboła
  • → German: Tabel, Tobel

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тоболец”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “тобілка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Skok, Petar (1972) “tobolac”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (K – poni¹), Zagreb: JAZU, page 478
• Králik, Ľubor (2016) “tobolka”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 616
• Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “tobolka”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 701