Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/veslo

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 Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-tlom / *weǵʰ-s-lom, from *weǵʰ- (to transport). Direct cognate of Latin vēlum (sail). Morphologically *vezti +‎ *-slo.

Noun

*veslò n

  1. oar

Declension

Declension of *veslò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *veslò *vèslě *veslà
genitive *veslà *veslù *vèslъ
dative *veslù *veslòma *veslòmъ
accusative *veslò *vèslě *veslà
instrumental *veslъ̀mь, *veslòmь* *veslòma *vèsly
locative *veslě̀ *veslù *vèslěxъ
vocative *veslò *vèslě *veslà

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: весло (veslo)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “весло”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 516-517