Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žьrdlo

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

Ablaut variant of *žerdlo. Equivalent to *žerti +‎ *-dlo.

Noun

*žьrdlo n

1. see *žerdlo

Declension

Declension of *žьrdlo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*žьrdlo	*žьrdlě	*žьrdla
genitive	*žьrdla	*žьrdlu	*žьrdlъ
dative	*žьrdlu	*žьrdloma	*žьrdlomъ
accusative	*žьrdlo	*žьrdlě	*žьrdla
instrumental	*žьrdlъmь, *žьrdlomь*	*žьrdloma	*žьrdly
locative	*žьrdlě	*žьrdlu	*žьrdlěxъ
vocative	*žьrdlo	*žьrdlě	*žьrdla

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

Related terms

• *gъrdlo

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: жьрло (žĭrlo), жерло (žerlo)
    • Belarusian: жэ́рла (žérla)
    • Russian: жерло́ (žerló)
    • Ukrainian: жорло́ (žorló)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ждрло

    Latin script: ždrlo

• West Slavic:
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: žórło

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жерло”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “жерло”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 300