Reconstruction talk:Proto-Slavic/tъlstъ

@Guldrelokk: Belarusian also has a form тлу́сты (tlústy) (which incidentally looks very much like Carpathian Rusyn тлустый (tlustŷj)). Is it a borrowing from somewhere else? Per utramque cavernam 20:58, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

@Per utramque cavernam: Sure, from Polish tłusty. Guldrelokk (talk) 19:00, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

@Bezimenen, same here (thanks for your work btw, it's nice to have you around!) PUC – 13:50, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

@PUC: NP, I'm glad to help. However, in this special case, I'm afraid I won't be able to fill up the etymology. The problem is in the ending *-stъ. Formally, it can either reflect an earlier -ttъ or can be a genuine -stъ (similar to the nominal Proto-Slavic *-skъ). This ending is found in other adjectives related to thickness, density (both in Slavic and in Baltic), so one cannot easily dismiss either possibility: e.g. *gǫstъ (“dense”), *čęstъ (“frequent”), *pustъ (“barren, deserted”) or in Lithuanian minkštas (“soft”), ankštas (“narrow”). Without a proper sourcing, it would be rather speculative to conjugate where it comes from. Безименен (talk) 14:07, 19 August 2020 (UTC)