Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/luska

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-Balto-Slavic *lou(ʔ)skaʔ, equivalent to *luskati +‎ *-a. Baltic cognates include Latvian làuskas (“flake, dandruff”).

Noun

*luska f

1. peel, shell, pod, scale

Inflection

Declension of *luska (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*luska	*luscě	*lusky
genitive	*lusky	*lusku	*luskъ
dative	*luscě	*luskama	*luskamъ
accusative	*luskǫ	*luscě	*lusky
instrumental	*luskojǫ, *luskǫ**	*luskama	*luskami
locative	*luscě	*lusku	*luskasъ, *luskaxъ*
vocative	*lusko	*luscě	*lusky

^* -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

• *luskъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: лꙋска (luska)
    • Belarusian: луска́ (luská)
    • Russian: луска́ (luská)
    • Ukrainian: луска́ (luská)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Church Slavonic: лоуска (luska)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: љу̏ска

    Latin script: ljȕska

    • Chakavian (Orbanići): lūskȁ
  • Slovene: luska
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: luska
    • Czech: luska (obsolete)
  • Old Polish: łuska
    • Polish: łuska
  • Slovak: luska (dialectal)
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: łuska

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*luska”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 291
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*luska”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 188
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “луска́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress