Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čislo

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

From *čisti (to read) +‎ *-slo.

Noun

*čīslò n[1]

  1. number

Inflection

Declension of *čīslò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *čīslò *čĩslě *čīslà
genitive *čīslà *čīslù *čĩslъ
dative *čīslù *čīslòma *čīslòmъ
accusative *čīslò *čĩslě *čīslà
instrumental *čīslъ̀mь, *čīslòmь* *čīslòma *čĩsly
locative *čīslě̀ *čīslù *čĩslěxъ
vocative *čīslò *čĩslě *čīslà

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

Derived terms

  • *čisľěvati (to account)
    • *načisľěvati (to add up, to charge)
    • *jьzčisľěvati (to calculate)
  • *čislenъ (numeral)
  • *čislovъ (numeric)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: число (čislo)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “число́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čislo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 116

References

  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “čislo”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b tal (PR 135)