Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/olьxa

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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

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis-.

Noun

*olьxa f

  1. alder

Declension

Declension of *olьxa (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *olьxa *olьśě *olьxy
genitive *olьxy *olьxu *olьxъ
dative *olьśě *olьxama *olьxamъ
accusative *olьxǫ *olьśě *olьxy
instrumental *olьxojǫ, *olьxǫ** *olьxama *olьxami
locative *olьśě *olьxu *olьxasъ, *olьxaxъ*
vocative *olьxo *olьśě *olьxy

* -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

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*olьxa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 81
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “jelša”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *jelьša̋, *olьša̋”

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