Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/smoky

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

Contested.

According to Vasmer, a loanword from Gothic 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰 (smakka), itself of uncertain provenance.

Illič-Svityč argues for a native origin with a shift in meaning from "berry" to "fig".

Noun

*smoky f

1. fig

Declension

Declension of *smoky (hard v-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*smoky	*smokъvi	*smokъvi
genitive	*smokъve	*smokъvu	*smokъvъ
dative	*smokъvi	*smokъvьma, *smokъvama*	*smokъvьmъ, *smokъvamъ*
accusative	*smokъvь	*smokъvi	*smokъvi
instrumental	*smokъvьjǫ, *smokъvľǫ**	*smokъvьma, *smokъvama*	*smokъvьmi, *smokъvami*
locative	*smokъve	*smokъvu	*smokъvьxъ, *smokъvaxъ*
vocative	*smoky	*smokъvi	*smokъvi

^* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
^** 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: смо́ква (smókva)
  • Russian: смо́ква (smókva)
  • Ukrainian: смо́ква (smókva)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: смокꙑ (smoky), смокъвинъ (smokŭvinŭ)

    • → Romanian: smochină
  • Bulgarian: смоки́ня (smokínja)
  • Macedonian: смоква (smokva)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: смо̏ква

    Latin script: smȍkva

  • Slovene: smọ̑kǝv (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: smokwa
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: smokwa (obsolete)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “смо́ква”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress