Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ědlo
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *ěd- + *-lo. Per Trubačev (ESSJa), perhaps inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁edlóm with potential cognate archaic Latin ellum (“spoonful”).
Noun
*ědlo n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ědlo | *ědlě | *ědla |
| genitive | *ědla | *ědlu | *ědlъ |
| dative | *ědlu | *ědloma | *ědlomъ |
| accusative | *ědlo | *ědlě | *ědla |
| instrumental | *ědlъmь, *ědlomь* | *ědloma | *ědly |
| locative | *ědlě | *ědlu | *ědlěxъ |
| vocative | *ědlo | *ědlě | *ědla |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *ědlovьnikъ
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: е́ло (jélo)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ědlo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 41