Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/malota

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.

• *maleta, *maleťa, *maleťь
• *maloťa, *maloťь

From *malъ (“small”) +‎ *-ota / *-eta (or *-oťa / *-eťa, *-oťь / *-eťь).

*malota f

1. minority, smallness, trifle (something small in size)

From *malota / *maleta:

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: малота (malota)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Church Slavonic: малота (malota)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ма̏лота

    Latin script: mȁlota

  • Slovene: malóta (tonal orthography)

From *maloťa / *maleťa:

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *малеча (*maleča)
    • Old Ruthenian: *мале́ча (*maléča)
      • Belarusian: мале́ча (maljéča)
      • Ukrainian: мале́ча (maléča)
    • Russian: мале́ча (maléča) (dialectal, Smolensk)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: мало̀ћа

    Latin script: malòća

  • Slovene: malǫ̑ča (tonal orthography)

From *maloťь / *maleťь:

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *малечь (*malečĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: *малечъ (*maleč)
      • Ukrainian: ма́ліч (málič)
      • ⇒ Old Ruthenian: малечко (malečko)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ма̏ло̄ћ

    Latin script: mȁlōć

• ESSJa, vol. 17, page 171: “*malota/*malotja/*malotjь”
• ESSJa ^prosp., page 59‒61: “*malotja”
• ESBM, “мале́ча”