Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/meslo

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

• *mesla f

Etymology

From *met- +‎ *-slo.

Noun

*meslo n, *mesla f

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Inflection

Declension of *meslo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*meslo	*meslě	*mesla
genitive	*mesla	*meslu	*meslъ
dative	*meslu	*mesloma	*meslomъ
accusative	*meslo	*meslě	*mesla
instrumental	*meslъmь, *meslomь*	*mesloma	*mesly
locative	*meslě	*meslu	*meslěxъ
vocative	*meslo	*meslě	*mesla

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

Declension of *mesla (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mesla	*meslě	*mesly
genitive	*mesly	*meslu	*meslъ
dative	*meslě	*meslama	*meslamъ
accusative	*meslǫ	*meslě	*mesly
instrumental	*meslojǫ, *meslǫ**	*meslama	*meslami
locative	*meslě	*meslu	*meslasъ, *meslaxъ*
vocative	*meslo	*meslě	*mesly

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: meslo n
    • Czech: meslo n, mesło n, mesła f

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*meslo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 104