Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/měridlo

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

By surface analysis, *měriti +‎ *-dlo.

Noun

*měridlo n^[1]

measure

Declension

Declension of *měridlo (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*měridlo	*měridlě	*měridla
genitive	*měridla	*měridlu	*měridlъ
dative	*měridlu	*měridloma	*měridlomъ
accusative	*měridlo	*měridlě	*měridla
instrumental	měridlъmь, měridlomь^*	*měridloma	*měridly
locative	*měridlě	*měridlu	*měridlěxъ
vocative	*měridlo	*měridlě	*měridla

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мѣрило (měrilo)
  - Russian: мери́ло (merílo)
  - Ukrainian: міри́ло (mirýlo)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: мѣрило (měrilo)
  - Bulgarian: мери́ло (merílo)
  - Macedonian: мерило (merilo)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ме̏рило, мје̏рило
  
  Latin script: mȅrilo, mjȅrilo
- Slovene: merílo (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: měřidlo
- Polish: mierzydło
- Slovak: mieridlo
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: měridło

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*měridlo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 182

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*měridlo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 182

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