-ело
Bulgarian
editEtymology 1
editSparsely attested, from an earlier -ѣло (-ělo). Possibly built upon the instrumental suffix Proto-Slavic *-dlo, appended to forms ending in ě-stem (similar to Bulgarian -ало (-alo), -ило (-ilo)), or less likely from Proto-Slavic *-ělь + *-o (“neuter marker”). Virtually unproductive in Modern Bulgarian and in other Slavic languages.
Episodic cognates include Czech stavědlo (“controlling center”), Russian сиде́лка (sidélka, “post, guardian, caretaker”) (diminutive).
Suffix
edit-ело • (-elo) n
- Deverbal, forming neuter instrumental or effect nouns.
- Denominal, forming neuter instrumental or effect nouns, probably via an intermediate (often obsolete) stative/essive verb.
Alternative forms
edit- -яло (-jalo) — after roots ending in a vowel
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Proto-Slavic *-elo, possibly reanalyzed from Etymology 1.
Suffix
edit-ело • (-elo) n