Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьvьlga
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognates include Latvian vāluôdzе (“oriole”), Lithuanian volungė̃ (“oriole”).
Noun
[edit]*jьvьlga f[1]
Declension
[edit]Declension of *jьvьlga (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *jьvьlga | *jьvьldzě | *jьvьlgy |
| genitive | *jьvьlgy | *jьvьlgu | *jьvьlgъ |
| dative | *jьvьldzě | *jьvьlgama | *jьvьlgamъ |
| accusative | *jьvьlgǫ | *jьvьldzě | *jьvьlgy |
| instrumental | *jьvьlgojǫ, *jьvьlgǫ** | *jьvьlgama | *jьvьlgami |
| locative | *jьvьldzě | *jьvьlgu | *jьvьlgasъ, *jьvьlgaxъ* |
| vocative | *jьvьlgo | *jьvьldzě | *jьvьlgy |
* -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).
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “и́волга”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*jьvьlga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 216: “f. ā ‘oriole’”