Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьlčina

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

By surface analysis, *vь̑lkъ (“wolf”) +‎ *-ina. Possibly inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkī́ˀnāˀ, from *wilkás (“wolf”). Compare Lithuanian vilkíena, vilkienà (“wolf meat”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkeināˀ.

Noun

*vьlčìna f

1. wolf meat
2. wolf skin

Declension

Declension of *vьlčina (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vьlčina	*vьlčině	*vьlčiny
genitive	*vьlčiny	*vьlčinu	*vьlčinъ
dative	*vьlčině	*vьlčinama	*vьlčinamъ
accusative	*vьlčinǫ	*vьlčině	*vьlčiny
instrumental	*vьlčinojǫ, *vьlčinǫ**	*vьlčinama	*vьlčinami
locative	*vьlčině	*vьlčinu	*vьlčinasъ, *vьlčinaxъ*
vocative	*vьlčino	*vьlčině	*vьlčiny

^* -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: *вълчина (*vŭlčina)
    • Russian: волчи́на (volčína, “wolf meat and skin”) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: volčína (“wolf meat and skin”) (tonal orthography)