Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/maslo

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

Related to *màzati (“to oil, to anoint, to smear”). Generally reconstructed as *màz-slo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mōˀź-sla.

• Derksen: Probably cognate with Lithuanian mė́šlas (“manure”), Latvian mȩ̂sls (“manure”). Sometimes instead derived from earlier Proto-Slavic *màz-tlo.
• See *màzati.

Noun

*màslo n

1. oil
2. butter

Inflection

Declension of *màslo (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*màslo	*màslě	*màsla
genitive	*màsla	*màslu	*màslъ
dative	*màslu	*màsloma	*màslomъ
accusative	*màslo	*màslě	*màsla
instrumental	*màslъmь, *màslomь*	*màsloma	*màslȳ
locative	*màslě	*màslu	*màslě̄xъ
vocative	*màslo	*màslě	*màsla

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

Derived terms

• *màslěnъ
  • *màslěnica
• *màslьko

Related terms

• *mȃstь (“ointment”)
• *màzati (“to oil, to anoint, to smear”)
• *mȃzь, *mȃzъ (“grease, ointment”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: масло (maslo)
    • Old Ruthenian: ма́сло (máslo)
      • Belarusian: ма́сла (másla)
      • Ukrainian: ма́сло (máslo)
    • Russian: ма́сло (máslo)
      • Russenorsk: masla
      • → Alutiiq: masla
      • → Mongolian: масло (maslo)
  • Old Novgorodian: масло (maslo)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: масло (maslo)

    Glagolitic script: ⰿⰰⱄⰾⱁ (maslo)

  • Bulgarian: ма́сло (máslo)
  • Macedonian: масло (maslo)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ма̏сло

    Latin script: mȁslo

    • Chakavian (Vrgada): mȁslo
    • Chakavian (Orbanići): mȁslo
  • Slovene: máslo (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: máslo
    • Czech: máslo
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): máslo
      • Moravian (Mistřice): másu̯o
  • Kashubian: masło
  • Old Polish: masło
    • Polish: masło
  • Slovak: maslo
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: masło
    • Lower Sorbian: masło

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “масло”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ма́сло”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 513
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*maslo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 230