Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bydlo

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

    From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtla, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-tlom, from *bʰuH- +‎ *-tlom. Equivalent to *byti (“to be”) +‎ *-dlo (“instrumental suffix”).

    Noun

    *bydlò n[1]

    1. dwelling, abode
      Synonyms: *obydlo, *obitělь
    2. possessions, cattle
      Synonym: *dobytъkъ

    Declension

    Declension of *bȳdlò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *bȳdlò *bỹdlě *bȳdlà
    genitive *bȳdlà *bȳdlù *bỹdlъ
    dative *bȳdlù *bȳdlòma *bȳdlòmъ
    accusative *bȳdlò *bỹdlě *bȳdlà
    instrumental *bȳdlъ̀mь, *bȳdlòmь* *bȳdlòma *bỹdly
    locative *bȳdlě̀ *bȳdlù *bỹdlěxъ
    vocative *bȳdlò *bỹdlě *bȳdlà

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

    Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰuH- (0 c, 15 e)

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Russian: было́ (byló) (dialectal)
    • West Slavic:

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “быдло”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bydlo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 147

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bydlo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 70
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