Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/okъša

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *okъšy

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *akwisī, probably from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷsih₂, from *h₂eḱ-. Cognate with Old Norse øx, Gothic 𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌶𐌹 (aqizi), Old English æx, Proto-Samic *ākšōjō.

Noun

*okъša f

1. axe

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • ⇒ Old East Slavic: *окъшꙑ (*okŭšy), окъшьвь (okŭšĭvĭ) (< *okъšy)
    • Middle Russian: окшева (okševa), окошва (okošva), окшива (okšiva)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: oksza
    • Middle Polish: oksza
      • Polish: oksza
      • →? Old Ruthenian: окша (okša)
  • Pomeranian:
    • Slovincian: okša