Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dolka
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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
- *tlaka[1] (presuming cognate Old Czech tlaka (“facial hair”), Polish kłak (“tuft”))
- *dlaka, *d(ь)laka (per ESSJa)
Etymology
Uncertain. Limited to South Slavic languages. Reconstructed as *dolka since Proto-Slavic *dl usually gets contracted to *l in South Slavic. If right, (per Berneker) perhaps akin to dial. Lithuanian délka f, délkas m (“fishing tool”) from délti (“to use up”).
Further origin possibly from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split, to cleave”) + *-ka.
Noun
*dòlka f[2] (South Slavic)
Declension
Declension of *dolka (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *dolka | *dòlcě | *dòlky |
| genitive | *dòlky | *dòlku | *dòlkъ |
| dative | *dòlcě | *dòlkama | *dòlkamъ |
| accusative | *dòlkǫ | *dòlcě | *dòlky |
| instrumental | *dòlkojǫ, *dòlkǭ** | *dòlkama | *dòlkamī |
| locative | *dòlcě | *dòlku | *dòlkasъ, *dòlkaxъ* |
| vocative | *dòlko | *dòlcě | *dòlky |
* -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).
Derived terms
Related terms
- *dolkъ/*dlakъ (“furred, coated”)
- ⇒ *vьlkolakъ (“werewolf”) (perhaps)
- *dolga (“splint”) (possibly)
- *dolnь (“palm”) (possibly)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dolka?/*d(ь)laka?”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 63
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “длака”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 399
References
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “dláka”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*tla̋ka”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “dolka”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 155)”