Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mydlo

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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 *myti (to wash) +‎ *-dlo (instrument suffix).

Noun

*mỳdlo n

  1. soap

Declension

Declension of *mỳdlo (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *mỳdlo *mỳdlě *mỳdla
genitive *mỳdla *mỳdlu *mỳdlъ
dative *mỳdlu *mỳdloma *mỳdlomъ
accusative *mỳdlo *mỳdlě *mỳdla
instrumental *mỳdlъmь, *mỳdlomь* *mỳdloma *mỳdlȳ
locative *mỳdlě *mỳdlu *mỳdlě̄xъ
vocative *mỳdlo *mỳdlě *mỳdla

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

Descendants

  • Non-Slavic:
    • ? Proto-Samic: *multtē (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Finnic: *mukla (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mỳdlo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 336:n. o (a) ‘soap’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mydlo, pl. mydla”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (for †mydlъ) (NA 115; SA 151)