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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dolto

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-Balto-Slavic *dálbta, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰolbʰ-to-m, from *dʰelbʰ (“to dig, excavate”). Morphologically an instrument noun from *dьlti (“to hollow, chisel”) +‎ *-to or from *dьlbiti (“to hollow, chisel”).

Cognate with Old Prussian dalptan (“punch, instrument for punching holes”) and Old English delfan (“to dig”).

Noun

*dōltò n[1][2]

  1. chisel

Declension
Declension of *dōltò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *dōltò *dõltě *dōltà
Accusative *dōltò *dõltě *dōltà
Genitive *dōltà *dōltù *dõltъ
Locative *dōltě̀ *dōltù *dõltěxъ
Dative *dōltù *dōltòma *dōltòmъ
Instrumental *dōltъ̀mь, *dōltòmь* *dōltòma *dõlty
Vocative *dōltò *dõltě *dōltà
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Alternative forms

Descendants
  • Church Slavonic: длато (dlato) (Russian)

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*doltò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 112: “n. o (b) ‘chisel’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “dolto”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b mejsel (PR 135)”
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