Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/meltva

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 *melti (“to grind, mill”) +‎ *-tva.

Noun

*meltva f

  1. grinding, milling
    Synonyms: *meltьje, *melnьje, *melivo, *melvo, *mlivo

Inflection

Declension of *meltva (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *meltva *meltvě *meltvy
genitive *meltvy *meltvu *meltvъ
dative *meltvě *meltvama *meltvamъ
accusative *meltvǫ *meltvě *meltvy
instrumental *meltvojǫ, *meltvǫ** *meltvama *meltvami
locative *meltvě *meltvu *meltvasъ, *meltvaxъ*
vocative *meltvo *meltvě *meltvy

* -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 East Slavic: молотьба (molotĭba)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: мле̏̏тва
      Latin script: mletva?, mljetvina
    • Slovene: mlêtva, mlêtev f
  • West Slavic:
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: mlětwa
    • Polish: młóćba

References

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*meltva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 91
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