Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ęzykъ
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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
Etymology
From Early Proto-Slavic *inzū́˙ku,[1] from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. By surface analysis, **ęzy + *-kъ.
Noun
- tongue
- *dь̀lgъ ęzỳkъ ― big mouth, long-tongued
- *zъlъ ęzỳkъ ― wicked tongue, carping tongue
- *ęzỳci ogňì, *ęzỳci pòlmene ― tongues of fire
- *dьržati ęzỳkъ za zǫby ― keep one's lips sealed, hold one's tongue
- *mèlti ęzỳkъmь ― to expatiate, to spout, to rant (to speak tediously and at length)
- language
Inflection
Declension of *ęzỳkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ęzỳkъ | *ęzỳka | *ęzỳci |
| genitive | *ęzỳka | *ęzỳku | *ęzỳkъ |
| dative | *ęzỳku | *ęzỳkoma | *ęzỳkomъ |
| accusative | *ęzỳkъ | *ęzỳka | *ęzỳky |
| instrumental | *ęzỳkъmь, *ęzỳkomь* | *ęzỳkoma | *ęzỳkȳ |
| locative | *ęzỳcě | *ęzỳku | *ęzỳcě̄xъ |
| vocative | *ęzỳče | *ęzỳka | *ęzỳci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slavomolisano: jezik
- Slovene: jézik (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “язык”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “язык”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 467
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ęzykъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 74
- Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1991), “ęzykъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 6 (e! – ěždžь), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN
References
- ^ Klotz, Emanuel (2017) “inzū̱˙ku”, in Urslawisches Wörterbuch [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in German), 1st edition, Wien: Facultas, →ISBN, page 118
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ęzỳkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 159: “m. o (a) ‘tongue, language’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “językъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 187; PR 132)”