Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zatorъ

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, deverbal from *zaterti.

Noun

*zatorъ m

1. congestion?, obstruction?

Declension

Declension of *zatorъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zatorъ	*zatora	*zatori
genitive	*zatora	*zatoru	*zatorъ
dative	*zatoru	*zatoroma	*zatoromъ
accusative	*zatorъ	*zatora	*zatory
instrumental	*zatorъmь, *zatoromь*	*zatoroma	*zatory
locative	*zatorě	*zatoru	*zatorěxъ
vocative	*zatore	*zatora	*zatori

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: зато́р (zatór)
  • Middle Russian: заторь (zatorʹ)
    • Russian: зато́р (zatór)
  • Ukrainian: зато́р (zatór)
• South Slavic:
  • Macedonian: затор (zator)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: за́тор

    Latin script: zátor

  • Slovene: zatòr (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: zôtór
  • Old Polish: zator
    • Polish: zator, zacier

Further reading

• Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “зато́р”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka