Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sova
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably ultimately of imitative origin. While formally similar to Proto-West Germanic *hūō (“owl”), Proto-Celtic *kawannos (“owl”), Lithuanian nakti-kova (“night heron”), regular derivation of these words from a common root appears to be phonologically impossible.
Noun
[edit]Declension
[edit]Declension of *sovà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sovà | *sòvě | *sovỳ |
| genitive | *sovỳ | *sovù | *sòvъ |
| dative | *sově̀ | *sovàma | *sovàmъ |
| accusative | *sovǫ̀ | *sòvě | *sovỳ |
| instrumental | *sovòjǫ, *sòvǫ** | *sovàma | *sovàmī |
| locative | *sově̀ | *sovù | *sovàsъ, *sovàxъ* |
| vocative | *sovo | *sòvě | *sovỳ |
* -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).
** 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
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сова”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “сова¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 268
References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sova”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 461: “f. ā (b) 'owl'”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “sova sovy”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b ugle (PR 135)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “sóva”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*sova̋”