Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/načędlo

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/načędlo

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 *načęti +‎ *-dlo.

Noun

*načędlo n

1. beginning, start
2. source, origin
3. principle

Declension

Declension of *načędlo (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*načędlo	*načędlě	*načędla
Accusative	*načędlo	*načędlě	*načędla
Genitive	*načędla	*načędlu	*načędlъ
Locative	*načędlě	*načędlu	*načędlěxъ
Dative	*načędlu	*načędloma	*načędlomъ
Instrumental	*načędlъmь, *načędlomь*	*načędloma	*načędly
Vocative	*načędlo	*načędlě	*načędla

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

Derived terms

• *načędlьnъ
• *načędlьnikъ

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic: начѧло (načęlo)

    Glagolitic: ⱀⰰⱍⱔⰾⱁ (načęlo)

    • → Old East Slavic: начало (načalo)
    • → Old Ruthenian: нача́ло (načálo)[1]
    • → Ukrainian: нача́ло (načálo)
    • → Russian: нача́ло (načálo)
      • → Bulgarian: начало (načalo), начело (načelo)
  • Macedonian: начело (načelo)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: наче́ло

    Latin: načélo

  • Slovene: načélo (tonal orthography)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*načędlo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 225

References

1. Bulyka, A. M., editor (2000), “начало”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 19 (надивней – небэзпэчность), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 359