Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sidlo

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-Indo-European *sh₂i-dʰlóm. Equivalent to *si- +‎ *-dlo, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁y-, *sh₂ey-.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian ātsailė (“cross-bar between beam and axle”), Latvian saiklis (“string, band”).

Indo-European cognates include Old High German seil (“rope, snare, fetter”), seid, silo, Gothic 𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (insailjan), Old Norse seil, Sanskrit सिनाति (sināti, “to bind, tie”).

Noun

*sīdlò n

noose, snare

Inflection

Declension of *sīdlò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*sīdlò	*sĩdlě	*sīdlà
Accusative	*sīdlò	*sĩdlě	*sīdlà
Genitive	*sīdlà	*sīdlù	*sĩdlъ
Locative	*sīdlě̀	*sīdlù	*sĩdlěxъ
Dative	*sīdlù	*sīdlòma	*sīdlòmъ
Instrumental	sīdlъ̀mь, sīdlòmь^*	*sīdlòma	*sĩdly
Vocative	*sīdlò	*sĩdlě	*sīdlà

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

Related terms

*sětь (“snare, net”)
*sitъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сило (silo)
  - Belarusian: сіло́ (siló)
  - Russian: си́ло́ (síló)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: сило (silo)
  Glagolitic: ⱄⰹⰾⱁ (silo)
West Slavic:
- Polish: sidło

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 450
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сило”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Chernykh, P. (1993), “силок”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 162