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][2]

  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

Descendants

  • Church Slavonic: длато (dlato) (Russian)
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: до́лата (dólata)
    • Russian: долото́ (dolotó)
    • Ukrainian: долото́ (dolotó)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: длато́ (dlató)
  • West Slavic:

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

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*doltò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 112:n. o (b) ‘chisel’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “dolto”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b mejsel (PR 135)