Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/uslo

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

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Derksen: from *ud- +‎ *-tlo.
Vasmer: from *ud- +‎ *-slo.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian áudžiu, áudžiau, áusti (“to weave”), Latvian aûst, aûžu.

Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit वयति (vayati, “to weave”), Old Armenian զ-աւդեմ (z-awdem, “bind, tie”).

Noun

*ūslò n

woven fabric on a loom

Inflection

Declension of *ūslò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ūslò	*ũslě	*ūslà
genitive	*ūslà	*ūslù	*ũslъ
dative	*ūslù	*ūslòma	*ūslòmъ
accusative	*ūslò	*ũslě	*ūslà
instrumental	ūslъ̀mь, ūslòmь^*	*ūslòma	*ũsly
locative	*ūslě̀	*ūslù	*ũslěxъ
vocative	*ūslò	*ũslě	*ūslà

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *усло (*uslo)
  - Russian: усло́ (usló)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ūslò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 509
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “усло”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress