Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьgna
Appearance
Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Formed as a resultant noun of *dьgnǫti (“to prickle”) + *-a, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-. Akin to Lithuanian dýgti (“to germinate, sprout”) / díegti (“to prick(le)”), Proto-Germanic *dīkiją (“dike”), and Latin fīgō.
Noun
[edit]*dьgna f
Declension
[edit]Declension of *dьgna (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *dьgna | *dьgně | *dьgny |
genitive | *dьgny | *dьgnu | *dьgnъ |
dative | *dьgně | *dьgnama | *dьgnamъ |
accusative | *dьgnǫ | *dьgně | *dьgny |
instrumental | *dьgnojǫ, *dьgnǫ** | *dьgnama | *dьgnami |
locative | *dьgně | *dьgnu | *dьgnasъ, *dьgnaxъ* |
vocative | *dьgno | *dьgně | *dьgny |
* -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).
** 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).
See also
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old Church Slavonic:
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дегна”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дна”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьgna”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 205
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “383”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 383