Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kuzlo

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 *kovati (to forge).

Noun

*kuzlo n[1]

  1. blacksmith's work
  2. craftiness
  3. magic

Inflection

Declension of *kuzlo (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kuzlo *kuzlě *kuzla
genitive *kuzla *kuzlu *kuzlъ
dative *kuzlu *kuzloma *kuzlomъ
accusative *kuzlo *kuzlě *kuzla
instrumental *kuzlъmь, *kuzlomь* *kuzloma *kuzly
locative *kuzlě *kuzlu *kuzlěxъ
vocative *kuzlo *kuzlě *kuzla

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: кузло (kuzlo)
      • Belarusian: ку́зла (kúzla) (dialectal)
      • Russian: ку́зло́ (kúzló) (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: kouzlo
    • Slovak: kúzlo
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: kuzło

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kuzlo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 142