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

firestriker

Declension

Declension of *kresadlo (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kresadlo	*kresadlě	*kresadla
Accusative	*kresadlo	*kresadlě	*kresadla
Genitive	*kresadla	*kresadlu	*kresadlъ
Locative	*kresadlě	*kresadlu	*kresadlěxъ
Dative	*kresadlu	*kresadloma	*kresadlomъ
Instrumental	kresadlъmь, kresadlomь^*	*kresadloma	*kresadly
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: кре̏сало
  Latin: krȅsalo
- Slovene: kresálo
West Slavic:
- Czech: křesadlo
- Slovak: kresadlo
- Slovincian:
- 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), volume 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma / *kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 124