Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sobaka

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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

*sobàka

Etymology

From Early Proto-Slavic *sabā́˙kā˙. Borrowed from Middle Iranian dialectal *sabā́ka-, from Proto-Medo-Parthian *spā́kəh, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *cwā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwā́, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ. Cognate with Old Median σπάκα (spā́kəʰ), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬐𐬀 (spaka, dog-like), 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬥 (span, dog), Sanskrit श्वन् (śván, dog), Sanskrit शुनक (śunaka), Old Armenian ասպակ (aspak, dog).

Noun

*sobàka f[1]

  1. (East Slavic) dog

Declension

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Klotz, Emanuel (2017) “*sabā̱͘ kā͘ «sobaka»”, in Urslawisches Wörterbuch [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in German), 1st edition, Wien: Facultas, →ISBN, page 190