Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kresidlo

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

Etymology

From *kresiti (to strike fire) +‎ *-dlo (instrumental suffix).

Noun

*kresidlo n

  1. firestriker

Declension

Declension of *kresidlo (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kresidlo *kresidlě *kresidla
genitive *kresidla *kresidlu *kresidlъ
dative *kresidlu *kresidloma *kresidlomъ
accusative *kresidlo *kresidlě *kresidla
instrumental *kresidlъmь, *kresidlomь* *kresidloma *kresidly
locative *kresidlě *kresidlu *kresidlěxъ
vocative *kresidlo *kresidlě *kresidla

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic:
      • Ukrainian: кре́сило (krésylo), кре́сіло (krésilo)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: кре̏сило
      Latin script: krȅsilo
    • Slovene: kresílo
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: křesidlo
    • Polish: krzesidło, dial. krzesi̊dło
    • Slovak: kresidlo

References

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*kresidlo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 125