Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kálˀtas

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

A neuter t-deverbial of *kálˀtei (“to forge, strike”).

Noun

*kálˀtas n^[1]^[2]

chisel
Synonym: *dálbta

Inflection

Declension of *kálˀtas (o-stem, mobile accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kalˀtás	*kálˀtōˀ	*kalˀtái⁽ˀ⁾
Accusative	*kálˀtan	*kálˀtōˀ	*kálˀtō⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*kálˀtā	*kalˀtā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*kalˀtṓn
Locative	*kálˀtai	*kalˀtā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*kalˀtáišu
Dative	*kálˀtōi	*kalˀtámā⁽ˀ⁾	*kalˀtámas
Instrumental	*kálˀtōˀ	*kalˀtámāˀ	*kalˀtṓis
Vocative	*kálˀte	*kálˀtōˀ	*kalˀtái⁽ˀ⁾

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: kolts
- Latvian: kal̃ts (“chisel”)
- Lithuanian: káltas (“chisel, small hammer”)
Proto-Slavic: *kóltъ, *kolta, *koltò (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kóltъ; *kolta; *koltò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 231: “*kolʔtó”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kaltas I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 221: “*kolʔtó”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kóltъ; *kolta; *koltò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 231: “*kolʔtó”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “kaltas I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 221: “*kolʔtó”

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