Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/živica

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃w- (“to live”).

Indo-European cognates include Old Irish bí (“pitch”), Old Armenian կիւ (kiw, “tree pitch, mastic, chewing gum”).

Noun

*živìca f

1. galipot

Declension

Declension of *živìca (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*živìca	*živici	*živicę̇
genitive	*živicę̇	*živicu	*živicь
dative	*živici	*živicama	*živicamъ
accusative	*živicǫ	*živici	*živicę̇
instrumental	*živicejǫ, *živicǫ**	*živicama	*živicami
locative	*živici	*živicu	*živicasъ, *živicaxъ*
vocative	*živìce	*živici	*živicę̇

^* -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).

Related terms

• *gojiti (“to treat, to heal”)
• *gojь
• *žiti (“to live”)
• *žito (“grain, corn”)
• *životъ (“life”)
• *živъ (“alive”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: живи́ца (živíca)
  • Ukrainian: живи́ця (žyvýcja)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: živice
  • Polish: żywica
  • Slovak: živica
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: žiwica
    • Lower Sorbian: žywica
• → Yiddish: זשיוועצע (zhivetse)

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 563
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “живица”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress