Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/načędlo

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 *načęti +‎ *-dlo.

Noun

*načędlo n

  1. beginning, start
  2. source, origin
  3. principle

Declension

Declension of *načędlo (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *načędlo *načędlě *načędla
genitive *načędla *načędlu *načędlъ
dative *načędlu *načędloma *načędlomъ
accusative *načędlo *načędlě *načędla
instrumental *načędlъmь, *načędlomь* *načędloma *načędly
locative *načędlě *načędlu *načędlěxъ
vocative *načędlo *načędlě *načędla

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

Derived terms

  • *načędlьnъ
  • *načędlьnikъ

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: начѧло (načęlo)
      Glagolitic script: ⱀⰰⱍⱔⰾⱁ (načęlo)
    • Macedonian: начело (načelo)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: наче́ло
      Latin script: načélo
    • Slovene: načélo (tonal orthography)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*načędlo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 225

References

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    Bulyka, A. M., editor (2000), “начало”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 19 (надивней – небэзпэчность), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 359