Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bьčela

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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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bikelāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰi-k-el-eh₂, from *bʰey- (“bee”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *bikos (< *bʰi-k-os), Latin fūcus (< *bʰoy-k-os), Proto-Germanic *bijǭ. Baltic cognates (Latvian bite, Lithuanian bi̇̀tė, Old Prussian bitte) would in that case render the Proto-Balto-Slavic forms as *bikelē and *bitē.

The Psalterium Sinaiticum contains the only Old Church Slavonic instance of бьчела (bĭčela) but since the form бъчела (bŭčela) is just as rare, it is impossible to precisely reconstruct the late Proto-Slavic form of this word on the basis of Old Church Slavonic. Since this Proto-Slavic word was an oxytone, none of the descendant languages retain a reflex of the medial weak jer.

Alternatively (obsolete) explained as a deverbative of *bučati (“to make noise, roar”) and reconstructed as *bъčela. A bee is, therefore, the one that makes noise.

Noun

*bьčelà f

  1. bee

Declension

Declension of *bьčelà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *bьčelà *bьčèlě *bьčelỳ
genitive *bьčelỳ *bьčelù *bьčèlъ
dative *bьčelě̀ *bьčelàma *bьčelàmъ
accusative *bьčelǫ̀ *bьčèlě *bьčelỳ
instrumental *bьčelòjǫ, *bьčèlǫ** *bьčelàma *bьčelàmī
locative *bьčelě̀ *bьčelù *bьčelàsъ, *bьčelàxъ*
vocative *bьčelo *bьčèlě *bьčelỳ

* -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).

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bъčela”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 104
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “bъčela”, in Słownik prasłowiański (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 456
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bьčelà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 72: “f. ā (b) ‘bee’”
  4. ^ Klotz, Emanuel (2017) “*biče̱lā͘ «bьčela»”, in Urslawisches Wörterbuch (in German), 1st edition, Wien: Facultas, →ISBN, page 74
  5. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “bьčela bьčely”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b/c bee (PR 135)”
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