Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kresadlo

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

*kresidlo

Etymology

From *kresati (“to strike fire”) +‎ *-dlo (“instrumental suffix”).

Noun

*kresadlo n

firestriker

Declension

Declension of *kresadlo (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kresadlo	*kresadlě	*kresadla
genitive	*kresadla	*kresadlu	*kresadlъ
dative	*kresadlu	*kresadloma	*kresadlomъ
accusative	*kresadlo	*kresadlě	*kresadla
instrumental	kresadlъmь, kresadlomь^*	*kresadloma	*kresadly
locative	*kresadlě	*kresadlu	*kresadlěxъ
vocative	*kresadlo	*kresadlě	*kresadla

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic:
  - Belarusian: краса́ла (krasála), крэ́сало (krésalo)
  - Russian: креса́ло (kresálo), крыса́ло (krysálo)
  - Ukrainian: креса́ло (kresálo)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: кре̏сало
  
  Latin script: krȅsalo
- Slovene: kresálo
West Slavic:
- Czech: křesadlo
- Slovak: kresadlo
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: křesadło
  - Lower Sorbian: kśasałko

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*kresadlo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 124