Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/podušьka

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

According to one theory, ultimately derivable from Proto-Slavic *duxъ (“breath, spirit”), through the sense development "breath" → "inflated" → "pillow".

Also compare Proto-Slavic *duxъna (“feather-bedspread”).

Noun

*podušьka f

1. pillow
2. cushion

Inflection

Declension of *podušьka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*podušьka	*podušьcě	*podušьky
genitive	*podušьky	*podušьku	*podušьkъ
dative	*podušьcě	*podušьkama	*podušьkamъ
accusative	*podušьkǫ	*podušьcě	*podušьky
instrumental	*podušьkojǫ, *podušьkǫ**	*podušьkama	*podušьkami
locative	*podušьcě	*podušьku	*podušьkasъ, *podušьkaxъ*
vocative	*podušьko	*podušьcě	*podušьky

^* -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: подушька (podušĭka)
    • Belarusian: паду́шка (padúška)
    • Russian: поду́шка (podúška)
    • Ukrainian: по́душка (póduška), по́духа (póduxa)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian: (archaic)

    Cyrillic script: подушка

    Latin script: poduška

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: роduсhа
    • Czech: poduška
  • Polish: poduszka
  • Slovak: poduška

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “поду́шка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress