Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vidla
Proto-SlavicEdit
EtymologyEdit
Probably originally plural form of **vidlo, from *viti (“to bend, twist”) + *-dlo
NounEdit
*vidla f
DeclensionEdit
Declension of *vidla (hard a-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *vidla | *vidlě | *vidly |
Accusative | *vidlǫ | *vidlě | *vidly |
Genitive | *vidly | *vidlu | *vidlъ |
Locative | *vidlě | *vidlu | *vidlasъ, *vidlaxъ* |
Dative | *vidlě | *vidlama | *vidlamъ |
Instrumental | *vidlojǫ, *vidlǫ** | *vidlama | *vidlami |
Vocative | *vidlo | *vidlě | *vidly |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
See alsoEdit
DescendantsEdit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
ReferencesEdit
- Vasmer, Max, “вила”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language][1] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubačóv, Moscow: Progress, 1964–1973
- Černyx, P. Ja., “вилы”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, 1999, page 151
- Martynov V. V., Язык в пространстве и времени: к проблеме глоттогенеза славян, Moscow: Nauka, 1983, page 84
- Trubačev O. N., Ремесленная терминология в славянских языках: этимология и опыт групповой реконструкции, Moscow: Nauka, 1966, page 111