Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kavъka
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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
Noun
- (originally) diminutive of *kàva (“jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)”)
- jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
Inflection
Declension of *kàvъka (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kàvъka | *kàvъcě | *kàvъky |
| genitive | *kàvъky | *kàvъku | *kàvъkъ |
| dative | *kàvъcě | *kàvъkama | *kàvъkamъ |
| accusative | *kàvъkǫ | *kàvъcě | *kàvъky |
| instrumental | *kàvъkojǫ, *kàvъkǭ** | *kàvъkama | *kàvъkamī |
| locative | *kàvъcě | *kàvъku | *kàvъkasъ, *kàvъkaxъ* |
| vocative | *kàvъko | *kàvъcě | *kàvъky |
* -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
verbs
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ка́вка (kávka) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian: (dated, dialectla)
- Slovene: kȃvka (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: ceucă
References
- ^ Jakubowicz, Mariola, editor (2024), “kavъka”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 10 (-ka – kožuchъ), Warszawa: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 68
- ^ Klotz, Emanuel (2017) “*kā̱˙wukā˙”, in Urslawisches Wörterbuch [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in German), 1st edition, Wien: Facultas, →ISBN, page 131
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “kȃvka”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ка́ва”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “kawka”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 225
- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “KAWA 2”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), volume 646
- Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “Ка́ўка”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
- Jiří Rejzek (2007) “kavka”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda, page 278
- Václav Machek (1968) “kavka”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 246
- Králik, Ľubor (2016) “kavka”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 262