Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kresadlo

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

• *kresidlo

Etymology

From *kresati (“to strike fire”) +‎ *-dlo (“instrumental suffix”).

Noun

*kresadlo n

1. firestriker

Declension

Declension of *kresadlo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kresadlo	*kresadlě	*kresadla
genitive	*kresadla	*kresadlu	*kresadlъ
dative	*kresadlu	*kresadloma	*kresadlomъ
accusative	*kresadlo	*kresadlě	*kresadla
instrumental	*kresadlъmь, *kresadlomь*	*kresadloma	*kresadly
locative	*kresadlě	*kresadlu	*kresadlěxъ
vocative	*kresadlo	*kresadlě	*kresadla

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: краса́ла (krasála), крэ́сало (krésalo)
    • Russian: креса́ло (kresálo), крыса́ло (krysálo)
    • Ukrainian: креса́ло (kresálo)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: кре̏сало

    Latin script: krȅsalo

  • Slovene: kresálo
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: křesadlo
  • Slovak: kresadlo
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: křesadło
    • Lower Sorbian: kśasałko

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*kresadlo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 124