Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čerslo
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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 *kerslá. Equivalent to *čersti + *-slo.
Cognate with Lithuanian ker̃slas (“cutter”) (kir̃sti, kertù), Old Prussian kersle (“pickaxe, axe with 2 blades”). Also compare Lithuanian kirkšnìs/kìrkšnis (“hip joint”), Latvian cir̂ksnis (“groin”) or Latvian šķerslis or Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂𐌰 (hairþra), Old High German hërdar or Latin culter, cultrum.
For the meaning compare French taille (“waist”), Italian taglia (< Latin taliāre (“to cut”)).
Noun
- plowshare
- tan (tannic) (South and West Slavic)
- (plural only) thighs (South and West Slavic)
- (plural only) loin, small of the back (East Slavic)
- Synonym: *lędvь
Declension
Declension of *čērslò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *čērslò | *čẽrslě | *čērslà |
| genitive | *čērslà | *čērslù | *čẽrslъ |
| dative | *čērslù | *čērslòma | *čērslòmъ |
| accusative | *čērslò | *čẽrslě | *čērslà |
| instrumental | *čērslъ̀mь, *čērslòmь* | *čērslòma | *čẽrsly |
| locative | *čērslě̀ | *čērslù | *čẽrslěxъ |
| vocative | *čērslò | *čẽrslě | *čērslà |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чре́сла”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “че́ресло”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čerslo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 74
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*čerslò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 84: “n. o (b) ‘loin’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “čerslo čersla”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b plowshare (NA 113, 142; PR 135)”