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^[1]

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^[2]

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

References

^ Vasmer, Max (1972) “окшевь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Муза – Сят), Moscow: Progress, page 132
^ Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*okъša”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 49

[1] Vasmer, Max (1972) “окшевь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Муза – Сят), Moscow: Progress, page 132

[2] Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*okъša”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 49

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