Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/měridlo

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

By surface analysis, *měriti +‎ *-dlo.

Noun

*měridlo n

1. measure

Declension

Declension of *měridlo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*měridlo	*měridlě	*měridla
genitive	*měridla	*měridlu	*měridlъ
dative	*měridlu	*měridloma	*měridlomъ
accusative	*měridlo	*měridlě	*měridla
instrumental	*měridlъmь, *měridlomь*	*měridloma	*měridly
locative	*měridlě	*měridlu	*měridlěxъ
vocative	*měridlo	*měridlě	*měridla

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мѣрило (měrilo)
    • Russian: мери́ло (merílo)
    • Ukrainian: міри́ло (mirýlo)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: мѣрило (měrilo)

    • Bulgarian: мери́ло (merílo)
    • Macedonian: мерило (merilo)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ме̏рило, мје̏рило

    Latin script: mȅrilo, mjȅrilo

  • Slovene: merílo (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: měřidlo
  • Polish: mierzydło
  • Slovak: mieridlo
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: měridło