Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slǫka
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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 *slankāˀ. Cognate with Latvian slùoka (“snipe”), Lithuanian slanka (“snipe”), Old Prussian slanke (“snipe”).
Noun
*slǫ̀ka f
Declension
Declension of *slǫ̀ka (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *slǫ̀ka | *slǫ̀cě | *slǫ̀ky |
| genitive | *slǫ̀ky | *slǫ̀ku | *slǫ̀kъ |
| dative | *slǫ̀cě | *slǫ̀kama | *slǫ̀kamъ |
| accusative | *slǫ̀kǫ | *slǫ̀cě | *slǫ̀ky |
| instrumental | *slǫ̀kojǫ, *slǫ̀kǭ** | *slǫ̀kama | *slǫ̀kamī |
| locative | *slǫ̀cě | *slǫ̀ku | *slǫ̀kasъ, *slǫ̀kaxъ* |
| vocative | *slǫ̀ko | *slǫ̀cě | *slǫ̀ky |
* -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).
Descendants
- Non-Slavic:
- → Hungarian: szalonka
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*slǫ̀ka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 454
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “слу́ка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress