Reconstruction talk:Proto-Slavic/šija
Add topicLatest comment: 7 years ago by Benwing2
@CodeCat Should this maybe be šьja, given the Russian outcome? ь before j turns into a "tense jer" in all languages but Russian, AFAIK, hence the outcomes as if < *šija. Note the strange declension given. Benwing2 (talk) 02:42, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
- As far as I know, Proto-Slavic didn't distinguish ьj from ij from some point onwards. —CodeCat 13:40, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
- Hmm. It does appear that Russian distinguishes the two, because Russian has ей < ьj and ий < ij. There are words of both types in Derksen, I'm pretty sure. Benwing2 (talk) 23:23, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
- Russian has ij < ьj too, in the nominative singular masculine ending of soft adjectives. Can we verify that ij never develops into ej in Russian? —CodeCat 23:27, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
- I'll check about ij > ej. As for ij < ьj, this is apparently an irregular development; a parallel development happened in yj < ъj in hard adjectives, but the expected oj < ъj happens when stressed. I remember reading somewhere that chalked this up to Church Slavonic interference, although it seems a bit strange that such a fundamental morpheme would get modified this way. Benwing2 (talk) 01:11, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
- Russian has ij < ьj too, in the nominative singular masculine ending of soft adjectives. Can we verify that ij never develops into ej in Russian? —CodeCat 23:27, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
- Hmm. It does appear that Russian distinguishes the two, because Russian has ей < ьj and ий < ij. There are words of both types in Derksen, I'm pretty sure. Benwing2 (talk) 23:23, 13 January 2017 (UTC)