Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šata

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

• *šatъ

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *hāt (“garment, dress”).

Noun

*šata f

1. (North Slavic) clothes; vestment, robe, gown

Inflection

Declension of *šata (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*šata	*šatě	*šaty
genitive	*šaty	*šatu	*šatъ
dative	*šatě	*šatama	*šatamъ
accusative	*šatǫ	*šatě	*šaty
instrumental	*šatojǫ, *šatǫ**	*šatama	*šatami
locative	*šatě	*šatu	*šatasъ, *šataxъ*
vocative	*šato	*šatě	*šaty

^* -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

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: ша́та (šáta)
  • Russian: ша́та (šáta) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: ша́та (šáta)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: šata
  • Old Polish: szata
    • Polish: szata
  • Slovak: šata, šaty pl
  • Slovincian: szata

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ша́та”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Václav Machek (1968) “šat”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 603
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “шата”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka