Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tьlo

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

Commonly listed under Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“ground”).

Noun

*tьlò n[1][2]

ground
bottom

Inflection

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

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*tьlò	*tь̀lě	*tьlà
Accusative	*tьlò	*tь̀lě	*tьlà
Genitive	*tьlà	*tьlù	*tь̀lъ
Locative	*tьlě̀	*tьlù	*tь̀lěxъ
Dative	*tьlù	*tьlòma	*tьlòmъ
Instrumental	tьlъ̀mь, tьlòmь^*	*tьlòma	*tь̀ly
Vocative	*tьlò	*tь̀lě	*tьlà

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: тьло (tĭlo)
  - Russian: тло (tlo)
  - Ukrainian: тло (tlo)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: тьло (tĭlo)
  Glagolitic: ⱅⱐⰾⱁ (tĭlo)
- Macedonian: тло (tlo)
- Serbo-Croatian: tlȍ
- Slovene: tlȁ pl (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: tlo
  - Czech: tlo
- Old Polish: tło
  - Polish: tło
- Slovak: tlo
- Sorbian:
  Lower Sorbian: tło
  Upper Sorbian: tło

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*tьlò; *tьla”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 504: “n. o; f. ā (b) ‘ground’”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “tьlo”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b bund (PR 135)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*tьlò; *tьla”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 504: “n. o; f. ā (b) ‘ground’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “tьlo”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b bund (PR 135)”