Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dolto
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dálbta, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰolbʰ-to-m, from *dʰelbʰ- (“to dig, excavate”). Morphologically an instrument noun from *dьlti (“to hollow, chisel”) + *-to or from *dьlbiti (“to hollow, chisel”).
Cognate with Old Prussian dalptan (“punch, instrument for punching holes”) and Old English delfan (“to dig”).
Noun edit
Declension edit
Declension of *dōltò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *dōltò | *dõltě | *dōltà |
| genitive | *dōltà | *dōltù | *dõltъ |
| dative | *dōltù | *dōltòma | *dōltòmъ |
| accusative | *dōltò | *dõltě | *dōltà |
| instrumental | *dōltъ̀mь, *dōltòmь* | *dōltòma | *dõlty |
| locative | *dōltě̀ | *dōltù | *dõltěxъ |
| vocative | *dōltò | *dõltě | *dōltà |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Alternative forms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Church Slavonic: длато (dlato) (Russian)
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: длато́ (dlató)
- West Slavic:
- → Albanian: daltë (possibly)
- → Finnish: taltta
- → Karelian: taltta
- → Romanian: daltă (probably)
- → Veps: talt
Further reading edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “долото”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dolbto”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 60
References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*doltò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 112: “n. o (b) ‘chisel’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “dolto”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b mejsel (PR 135)”