Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/metъla
Appearance
Proto-Slavic
[edit]Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]*metъlà f[1]
Alternative forms
[edit]- *metъlo n
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *metъla (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *metъla | *metъlě | *metъly |
genitive | *metъly | *metъlu | *metъlъ |
dative | *metъlě | *metъlama | *metъlamъ |
accusative | *metъlǫ | *metъlě | *metъly |
instrumental | *metъlojǫ, *metъlǫ** | *metъlama | *metъlami |
locative | *metъlě | *metъlu | *metъlasъ, *metъlaxъ* |
vocative | *metъlo | *metъlě | *metъly |
* -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).
Derived terms
[edit]- *metъlъka (diminutive)
- *metъlica, *metъličina (“windgrass (Apera)”)
- *metъlikъ, *metъliga (“meadow-grass (Роа)”)
- *metъlařь (“broom-maker”)
Related terms
[edit]- *mesti (“to throw”)
- *metati (“to toss, to throw”)
- *motati (“to reel”)
- *metъka (“sweeper”)
- *metyľь (“parasite affecting the guts”) (possibly)
- *motyľь (“moth”) (possibly)
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “метла”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*metъla/*metъlo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 123
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “метла”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 769
References
[edit]- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “metla”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *metъla̋”
- ^ Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “метла”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments][1] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 130