Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/luska
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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 *lou(ʔ)skaʔ, equivalent to *luskati + *-a. Baltic cognates include Latvian làuskas (“flake, dandruff”).
Noun
*luska f
Inflection
Declension of *luska (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *luska | *luscě | *lusky |
| genitive | *lusky | *lusku | *luskъ |
| dative | *luscě | *luskama | *luskamъ |
| accusative | *luskǫ | *luscě | *lusky |
| instrumental | *luskojǫ, *luskǫ** | *luskama | *luskami |
| locative | *luscě | *lusku | *luskasъ, *luskaxъ* |
| vocative | *lusko | *luscě | *lusky |
* -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).
Related terms
Descendants
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- West Slavic:
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*luska”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 291
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*luska”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 188
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “луска́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress