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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, 7 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, →ISSN, page 70
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