Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/metъla

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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

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Alternative reconstructions

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  • *metla (per Vaillant)
  • *metьla (per Bernecker, Vasmer, Georgiev, Mladenov)

Etymology

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From *mesti (to throw, to toss away) +‎ *-ъla.

Reconstructed with -ъl- on basis of Polish miotełka (diminutive), as per Skok, Sławski. Alternatively, with suffix -ьl- on basis of Russian метёлка (metjólka) (diminutive). Trubachev tends towards -ъl- based on the possible borrowings Romanian mătură (broom), Aromanian meturã (broom), Albanian netullë (broom).

Noun

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*metъlà f[1]

  1. broom, besom
  2. grass plant used for making brooms

Alternative forms

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Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “метла”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*metъla/*metъlo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 123
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “метла”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 769

References

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  1. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “metla”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *metъla̋
  2. ^ Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “метла”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ[1] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 130