Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sova

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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

Probably ultimately of imitative origin. While formally similar to Proto-West Germanic *hūō (“owl”), Proto-Celtic *kawannos (“owl”), Lithuanian nakti-kova (“night heron”), regular derivation of these words from a common root appears to be phonologically impossible.

Noun

*sovà f

  1. owl

Declension

Declension of *sovà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *sovà *sòvě *sovỳ
genitive *sovỳ *sovù *sòvъ
dative *sově̀ *sovàma *sovàmъ
accusative *sovǫ̀ *sòvě *sovỳ
instrumental *sovòjǫ, *sòvǫ** *sovàma *sovàmī
locative *sově̀ *sovù *sovàsъ, *sovàxъ*
vocative *sovo *sòvě *sovỳ

* -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

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сова”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “сова¹”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 268

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sova”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 461: “f. ā (b) 'owl'”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “sova sovy”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b ugle (PR 135)”
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “sóva”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*sova̋”
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