Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kálˀtas

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This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

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Etymology

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A neuter t-deverbial of *kálˀtei (to forge, strike).

Noun

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*kálˀtas n[1][2]

  1. chisel
    Synonym: *dálbta

Inflection

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Declension of *kálˀtas (o-stem, mobile accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *kalˀtás *kálˀtōˀ *kalˀtái(ˀ)
Accusative *kálˀtan *kálˀtōˀ *kálˀtō(ˀ)ns
Genitive *kálˀtā *kalˀtā́u(ˀ) *kalˀtṓn
Locative *kálˀtai *kalˀtā́u(ˀ) *kalˀtáišu
Dative *kálˀtōi *kalˀtámā(ˀ) *kalˀtámas
Instrumental *kálˀtōˀ *kalˀtámāˀ *kalˀtṓis
Vocative *kálˀte *kálˀtōˀ *kalˀtái(ˀ)

Descendants

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  • East Baltic:
    • Latvian: kal̃ts (chisel)
    • Lithuanian: káltas (chisel, small hammer)
  • Proto-Slavic: *kóltъ, *kolta, *koltò (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kóltъ; *kolta; *koltò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 231:*kolʔtó
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kaltas I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 221:*kolʔtó