Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ědlo

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 *ěd- +‎ *-lo. Per Trubačev (ESSJa), perhaps inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁edlóm with potential cognate archaic Latin ellum (spoonful).

Noun

*ědlo n

  1. meal
  2. dish
  3. eating
  4. food

Declension

Declension of *ědlo (hard o-stem)
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:
    • Bulgarian: я́ло (jálo), е́ло (élo) (obsolete, dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: је̏ло
      Latin script: jȅlo
      • Chakavian (Crikvenica): jȉlo
      • Chakavian (Orlec): jẽlo
      • Chakavian (Stinatz): j'ilo
      • Kajkavian (Varaždin): j'ẹlo
    • Slovene: jélo (obsolete)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: jiedlo
      • Czech: jídlo
        • Bohemian (Chod dialect): jidlo
    • Polish: jadło
    • Old Slovak: jedlo
    • Slovincian: jodlô
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: jědło
    • Old Ruthenian: ѣдло (jědlo), идло (idlo)

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