Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/medvědę
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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 *medvě̀dь (“bear”) + *-ę.
Noun
*medvědę n[1]
Declension
Declension of *medvědę (nt-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *medvědę | *medvědęti | *medvědęta |
| genitive | *medvědęte | *medvědętu | *medvědętъ |
| dative | *medvědęti | *medvědętьma | *medvědętьmъ |
| accusative | *medvědę | *medvědęti | *medvědęta |
| instrumental | *medvědętьmь | *medvědętьma | *medvědęty |
| locative | *medvědęte | *medvědętu | *medvědętьxъ |
| vocative | *medvědę | *medvědęti | *medvědęta |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *медвѣдѧ
- Old Ruthenian: медвѣдѧ (medvědja)
- ⇒ Belarusian: медзведзяня́ (mjedzvjedzjanjá), медзведзянё (mjedzvjedzjanjó)
- Carpathian Rusyn: медвїдя́ (medvjidjá), ⇒ медвїдя́тко (medvjidjátko)
- Ukrainian: ведмежа́ (vedmežá), ⇒ ведмедя́тко (vedmedjátko), ведмеденя́ (vedmedenjá)
- Russian: медведя́та pl (medvedjáta) (dialectal)
- Old Ruthenian: медвѣдѧ (medvědja)
- Old East Slavic: *медвѣдѧ
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: medvědě, nedvědě
- Polish: niedźwiedzię
- Old Slovak: medvieďa, ⇒ medvieďatko
- Pannonian Rusyn: медведже (medvedže), ⇒ медведжатко (medvedžatko)
- Slovak: medvieďa, ⇒ medvieďatko
- Pomeranian:
- ⇒ Kashubian: miedwiedzątko
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: mjedwjedźo
References
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*medvědę”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 62