Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mamъka

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 *màma (“mama”) +‎ *-ъka.

Noun

*mamъka f

Declension

Declension of *mamъka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mamъka	*mamъcě	*mamъky
genitive	*mamъky	*mamъku	*mamъkъ
dative	*mamъcě	*mamъkama	*mamъkamъ
accusative	*mamъkǫ	*mamъcě	*mamъky
instrumental	*mamъkojǫ, *mamъkǫ**	*mamъkama	*mamъkami
locative	*mamъcě	*mamъku	*mamъkasъ, *mamъkaxъ*
vocative	*mamъko	*mamъcě	*mamъky

^* -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:
  • Old East Slavic: мамъка (mamŭka)
    • Old Ruthenian: ма́мка (mámka)
      • Belarusian: ма́мка (mámka)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: ма́мка (mámka)
      • Ukrainian: ма́мка (mámka)
    • Russian: ма́мка (mámka)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Bulgarian: ма́мка (mámka); ма́мкъ (mámk) (dialectal)
  • Slovene: mȃmka, mamkà (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: *mamka
    • Czech: mamka
  • Old Polish: mamka
    • Polish: mamka
  • Old Slovak: mamka, mámka
    • Pannonian Rusyn: мамка (mamka)
    • Slovak: mamka
  • Pomeranian:
    • Slovincian: mamka
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: mamka
    • Upper Sorbian: mamka