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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dolto
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dalptan. Morphologically an instrument noun from *dьlti (“to hollow, chisel”) + *-to or from *dьlbiti (“to hollow, chisel”).
Cognate with Old Prussian dalptan (“punch, instrument for punching holes”) and Old English delfan (“to dig”).
Declension
Declension of *dōltò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *dōltò | *dõltě | *dōltà |
| Accusative | *dōltò | *dõltě | *dōltà |
| Genitive | *dōltà | *dōltù | *dõltъ |
| Locative | *dōltě̀ | *dōltù | *dõltěxъ |
| Dative | *dōltù | *dōltòma | *dōltòmъ |
| Instrumental | *dōltъ̀mь, *dōltòmь* | *dōltòma | *dõlty |
| Vocative | *dōltò | *dõltě | *dōltà |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Alternative forms
Descendants
Further reading
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “долото”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dolbto”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 05, Moscow: Nauka, page 60
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*doltò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 112: “n. o (b) ‘chisel’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “dolto”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b mejsel (PR 135)”
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