Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/metъla
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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
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
From *mesti (“to sweep”) + *-ъla (instrumental).
Scholars have variously reconstructed it with *ъ or *ь. Trubachev argues that derivatives such as the Polish diminutive miotełka or the Russian diminutive метёлка (metjólka) do not provide unambiguous evidence for either *ъ or *ь. Ultimately Trubachev opts for *ъ on the basis of the /u/ found in the presumed borrowings into Albanian and Romance listed below.
Noun
Alternative forms
- *metъlo n
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *metъla | *metъlě | *metъly |
| genitive | *metъly | *metъlu | *metъlъ |
| dative | *metъlě | *metъlama | *metъlamъ |
| accusative | *metъlǫ | *metъlě | *metъly |
| instrumental | *metъlojǫ, *metъlǫ** | *metъlama | *metъlami |
| locative | *metъlě | *metъlu | *metъlasъ, *metъlaxъ* |
| vocative | *metъlo | *metъlě | *metъly |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Derived terms
- *metъlъka (diminutive)
- *metъlica, *metъličina (“windgrass (Apera)”)
- *metъlikъ, *metъliga (“meadow-grass (Роа)”)
- *metъlařь (“broom-maker”)
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Non-Slavic: (presumed borrowings)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “метла”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*metъla/*metъlo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 123
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “метла”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 769
References
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “metla”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *metъla̋”