Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/matorъ

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 reconstructions

*materъ

Etymology

ESSJa states it is a derivative of *mati (“mother”). Compare also Vasmer's statement. Derksen, on the other hand, prefers to connect it to Latin mātūrus (“mature”), perhaps, ultimately, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to ripen, to mature”).

Adjective

*matorъ^[1]^[2]

old
mature

Inflection

Indefinite declension of *matorъ (hard)
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*matorъ	*matora	*matoro
genitive	*matora	*matory	*matora
dative	*matoru	*matorě	*matoru
accusative	*matorъ	*matorǫ	*matoro
instrumental	*matoromь	*matorojǫ	*matoromь
locative	*matorě	*matorě	*matorě
vocative	*matore	*matoro	*matoro
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*matora	*matorě	*matorě
genitive	*matoru	*matoru	*matoru
dative	*matoroma	*matorama	*matoroma
accusative	*matora	*matorě	*matorě
instrumental	*matoroma	*matorama	*matoroma
locative	*matoru	*matoru	*matoru
vocative	*matora	*matorě	*matorě
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*matori	*matory	*matora
genitive	*matorъ	*matorъ	*matorъ
dative	*matoromъ	*matoramъ	*matoromъ
accusative	*matory	*matory	*matora
instrumental	*matory	*matorami	*matory
locative	*matorěxъ	*matoraxъ	*matorěxъ
vocative	*matori	*matory	*matora

Definite declension of *matorъ (hard)
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*matorъjь	*matoraja	*matoroje
genitive	*matorajego	*matoryję̇	*matorajego
dative	*matorujemu	*matorěji	*matorujemu
accusative	*matorъjь	*matorǫjǫ	*matoroje
instrumental	*matoryjimь	*matorǫjǫ	*matoryjimь
locative	*matorějemь	*matorěji	*matorějemь
vocative	*matorъjь	*matoraja	*matoroje
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*matoraja	*matorěji	*matorěji
genitive	*matoruju	*matoruju	*matoruju
dative	*matoryjima	*matoryjima	*matoryjima
accusative	*matoraja	*matorěji	*matorěji
instrumental	*matoryjima	*matoryjima	*matoryjima
locative	*matoruju	*matoruju	*matoruju
vocative	*matoraja	*matorěji	*matorěji
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*matoriji	*matoryję̇	*matoraja
genitive	*matorъjixъ	*matorъjixъ	*matorъjixъ
dative	*matoryjimъ	*matoryjimъ	*matoryjimъ
accusative	*matoryję̇	*matoryję̇	*matoraja
instrumental	*matoryjimi	*matoryjimi	*matoryjimi
locative	*matoryjixъ	*matoryjixъ	*matoryjixъ
vocative	*matoriji	*matoryję̇	*matoraja

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *матеръ (*materŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: матерый (materyj)
    - Belarusian: мацёры (macjóry)
    - Ukrainian: ма́терий (máteryj)
  - Middle Russian: матерый (materyj)
    - Russian: матёрый (matjóryj), матеро́й (materój) (dialectal), ма́терый (máteryj)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: маторъ (matorŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰿⰰⱅⱁⱃⱏ (matorŭ)
  - Bulgarian: ма́тор (mátor) (obsolete), ма́тур (mátur) (dialectal)
  - Macedonian: матор (mator)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ма̏тор
  
  Latin script: mȁtor
- Slovene: matér, metér, motér (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: maturý
- Polish: zаmаtоrzаły (obsolete)

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*materъ(jь)/*matorъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 244
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*matorъ; *materъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 303