Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wáśka

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

Unknown. Cognate Proto-Germanic *wahsą (“wax”). Pokorny suggests Proto-Indo-European *wokso, *wos-ko- (“wax”), *weg- (“to weave”), or *webʰ- (“to weave”).^[1] It could instead be from a pre-Indo-European substrate.^[2]

Noun

*wáśka n^[3]^[4]^[5]

wax

Inflection

Fixed accent.

Declension of *wáśka (o-stem)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*wáśka	*wáśkai	*wáśkāˀ
Accusative	*wáśka	*wáśkai	*wáśkāˀ
Genitive	*wáśkā	*wáśkāu⁽ˀ⁾	*wáśkōn
Locative	*wáśkai	*wáśkāu⁽ˀ⁾	*wáśkaišu
Dative	*wáśkōi	*wáśkamā⁽ˀ⁾	*wáśkamas
Instrumental	*wáśkōˀ	*wáśkamāˀ	*wáśkōis
Vocative	*wáśka	*wáśkai	*wáśkāˀ

Descendants

Latvian: vasks
Lithuanian: vãškas
Proto-Slavic: *vòskъ (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1180”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1180
^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “was”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*voskъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 529: “*woṣko”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “vaškas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 493: “*woṣko”
^ Nikolajev, S. L. (2012) “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 138: “*vôskъ, *võskъ ― *vôsk, *võsk”

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1180”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1180

[2] van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “was”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

[3] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*voskъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 529: “*woṣko”

[4] Derksen, Rick (2015) “vaškas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 493: “*woṣko”

[5] Nikolajev, S. L. (2012) “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 138: “*vôskъ, *võskъ ― *vôsk, *võsk”

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