-ело

Bulgarian Etymology 1 Sparsely attested, from an earlier cu -ѣло. Possibly built upon the instrumental suffix bg sla-pro *-dlo, appended to forms ending in ě-stem (similar to bg -ало, bg -ило), or less likely from bg sla-pro *-ělь + sla-pro *-o neuter marker. Virtually unproductive in Modern Bulgarian and in other Slavic languages. Episodic cognates include cs stavědlo controlling center, ru сиде́лка post, guardian, caretaker diminutive. Suffix bg suffix n Deverbal, forming neuter instrumental or effect nouns. dialectal bg одея to serve as a covering (ě/V-conj) → bg одеяло blanket Denominal, forming neuter instrumental or effect nouns, probably via an intermediate (often obsolete) stative/essive verb. bg кола car, dialectal bg коло wheelwright → bg *колея → bg колело wheel probably Alternative forms bg -яло after roots ending in a vowel Derived terms bg -елка f diminutive bg -елица f Related terms bg -ло bg -ало bg -ило Etymology 2 From bg sla-pro *-elo, possibly reanalyzed from Etymology 1. Suffix bg suffix n Deverbal, forming neuter instrumental or effect nouns. bg чуча to stand/stick in one place dialectal → bg чучело dummy, stuffed animal bg кръщавам to baptize → bg кръщело baptism