Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/modla

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 *maldāˀ, equivalent to *modliti +‎ *-a. Cognate with Lithuanian maldà (“prayer”), Old Prussian maddla (“prayer”).[1]

Noun

*modla f[1]

  1. idol

Inflection

Declension of *modla (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *modla *modlě *modly
genitive *modly *modlu *modlъ
dative *modlě *modlama *modlamъ
accusative *modlǫ *modlě *modly
instrumental *modlojǫ, *modlǫ** *modlama *modlami
locative *modlě *modlu *modlasъ, *modlaxъ*
vocative *modlo *modlě *modly

* -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

  • West Slavic:
    • Kashubian: mòdła
    • Old Czech: modla
    • Old Polish: modła
    • Slovak: modla

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*modla”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 320: “f. ā ‘idol’”
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