Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьva

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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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *éiˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-. Cognates include Latvian iẽva (“hagberry”), Lithuanian ievà (“hagberry”), dial. Lithuanian i̇́eva, and Proto-Germanic *īhwaz.

Noun

*jь̀va f

  1. willow

Declension

Declension of *jь̀va (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *jь̀va *jь̀vě *jь̀vy
genitive *jь̀vy *jь̀vu *jь̀vъ
dative *jь̀vě *jь̀vama *jь̀vamъ
accusative *jь̀vǫ *jь̀vě *jь̀vy
instrumental *jь̀vojǫ, *jь̀vǭ** *jь̀vama *jь̀vamī
locative *jь̀vě *jь̀vu *jь̀vasъ, *jь̀vaxъ*
vocative *jь̀vo *jь̀vě *jь̀vy

* -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

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jьva I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 248
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “і́ва”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 287
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “и́ва”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*jь̀va”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 216: “f. ā (a) ‘willow’”
  2. ^ Dybo, Vladimir A., Zamyatina, Galina I., Nikolaev, Sergei L. (1990) Основы славянской акцентологии ‎ (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 42
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