Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nauka

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

Deverbal from *naučiti, from *učiti (“to teach”).

Noun

*nauka f

1. science

Declension

Declension of *nauka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nauka	*naucě	*nauky
genitive	*nauky	*nauku	*naukъ
dative	*naucě	*naukama	*naukamъ
accusative	*naukǫ	*naucě	*nauky
instrumental	*naukojǫ, *naukǫ**	*naukama	*naukami
locative	*naucě	*nauku	*naukasъ, *naukaxъ*
vocative	*nauko	*naucě	*nauky

^* -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:
  • Belarusian: наву́ка (navúka)
  • Russian: нау́ка (naúka)
  • Ukrainian: нау́ка (naúka)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: нау́ка (naúka)
  • Macedonian: наука (nauka)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: на̀ука

    Latin script: nàuka

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: nauka
    • Czech: nauka
  • Old Polish: nauka
    • Polish: nauka
    • Silesian: nauka
  • Slovak: náuka
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: nôùka
    • Slovincian: nowùka

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1996), “*nauka/*naukъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 23 (*narodьnъjь – *navijakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 195
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “нау́ка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress