Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/metadlo

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 *metati (“throw”) +‎ *-dlo.

Noun

*metadlo n

  1. throwing tool, instrument

Declension

Declension of *metadlo (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *metadlo *metadlě *metadla
genitive *metadla *metadlu *metadlъ
dative *metadlu *metadloma *metadlomъ
accusative *metadlo *metadlě *metadla
instrumental *metadlъmь, *metadlomь* *metadloma *metadly
locative *metadlě *metadlu *metadlěxъ
vocative *metadlo *metadlě *metadla

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

Derived terms

  • *meta(d)lica (possibly)
  • *metadlišče
  • *metadlьnъ

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic:
      • Russian: метало (metalo), метала m (metala)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: metadlo
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: mjetadło

References

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*metadlo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 109
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