Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tesla
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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 forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ-(dʰ)lo-, from *tetḱ-. Morphologically *tes- + *-slo (“instrumental suffix”) or *tes- + *-sla.
Cognate with Proto-Germanic *þehslō (“adze”).
Noun
*tesla f
Declension
Declension of *tesla (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tesla | *teslě | *tesly |
| genitive | *tesly | *teslu | *teslъ |
| dative | *teslě | *teslama | *teslamъ |
| accusative | *teslǫ | *teslě | *tesly |
| instrumental | *teslojǫ, *teslǫ** | *teslama | *teslami |
| locative | *teslě | *teslu | *teslasъ, *teslaxъ* |
| vocative | *teslo | *teslě | *tesly |
* -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).
** 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).
Related terms
- *tesati (“to hew”)
Descendants
- Church Slavonic: тесла (tesla) (Russian)
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: teslă
- From *teslo
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тесла”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “тес”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 240
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 491
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “тесла”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 952
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “тесла”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “тесать”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.