Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *-(i)sląScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_i_slą
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Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 4)RickDerksenBrill2008A Comparative Grammar of the Early Germanic LanguagesRobert D.FulkJohn Benjamins Publishing Company2018Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013The Proto-Indo-European Instrument Noun Suffix and its Variants. Historisk-filosofiske Meddelelser 55Birgit A.OlsenDet Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab1988Altnordisches Etymologisches WörterbuchJande VriesBrill1977Addenda und Corrigenda zu LIV²Martin J.KümmelJenaFriedrich-Schiller-Universität2011-2026Last modified 16 June 2026*-tlo-mforms nouns denoting a tool or instrument*-tlo-forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument*-sloforms deverbal nouns denoting a tool or instrument
suffixnounneutera-stemforms neuter deverbal nouns, originally denoting instruments or means; later also products, results, or actions associated with the verbal baseFrom Proto-Indo-European *-tlo-m. The *-s- arose in formations where *-tlo- was added to dental-final bases: *-d-tlo- / *-t-tlo- > *-ttlo- > Proto-Germanic *-sslo- > *-slo-Fulk 2018: 113, with later reanalysis as an independent suffix. Compare PGmc *baitīslą (with epenthetic *-i- due to Siever’s Law after the heavy root), from PIE *bʰoid-tlo-m de Vries 1977: s.v. beizl, beislOlsen 1988: §4.2.7 and possibly *hunslą from PIE *ḱwen-(t)-tlo-m Kroonen 2013: 256–57Kümmel 2011-2026: 53 n. 1. An alternate form was *-slō (from PIE instrumental/collective *-sleh₂); compare *þinhslō from PIE *tengʰ-sleh₂. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *-slo/*-slaDerksen 2008: s.vv. *tesla; *teslò . Possibly related to *-ilaz.