Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-dlo

From Proto-Indo-European *-tlom / *-dʰlom.

*-dlo n^[1][2]

1. Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument

   ‎*žerti (“to eat”) + ‎*-dlo → ‎*gъ̀rdlo (“throat”)

   ‎*mỳti (“to wash”) + ‎*-dlo → ‎*mỳdlo (“soap”)

   ‎*šìti (“to sew”) + ‎*-dlo → ‎*šidlo (“awl”)

2. Forms nouns denoting a place of activity

   Synonym: *-išče

   ‎*bỳti (“to be”) + ‎*-dlo → ‎*bydlò (“dwelling, abode”)

   ‎*kǫpàti (“to bathe”) + ‎*-dlo → ‎*kǫpadlo (“bathing place”)

   ‎*běliti (“to whiten”) + ‎*-dlo → ‎*bělidlo (“whitening place”)

• *-slo

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: -ло (-lo)
    • Belarusian: -ла (-la) (unstressed), -ло (-lo) (stressed)
    • Russian: -ло (-lo)
    • Ukrainian: -ло (-lo)
  • Old Novgorodian: -ло (-lo)
    • Old Pskovian: -гло (-glo)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: -ло (-lo)

    Glagolitic: -ⰾⱁ (-lo)

  • Bulgarian: -ло (-lo)
  • Macedonian: -ло (-lo)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: -ло

    Latin script: -lo

  • Slovene: -lo
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: -dlo
    • Czech: -dlo
  • Polabian: -dlü
  • Old Polish: -dło
    • Polish: -dło
  • Slovak: -dlo
  • Slovincian: -dlô, -lô
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: -dło
    • Upper Sorbian: -dło

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Esperanto: -ilo
    • Ido: -ilo