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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 *auś- (or possibly *auśi-, if reconstructed as an i-stem), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws. Cognate with Lithuanian ausis, Latvian auss, Old Prussian ausins (accusative plural).
Noun
*ȗxo n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ȗxo | *ȗšesi | *ušesà |
| genitive | *ȗšese | *ušesù | *ušèsъ |
| dative | *ȗšesi | *ušesьmà | *ušèsьmъ |
| accusative | *ȗxo | *ȗšesi | *ušesà |
| instrumental | *ȗšesьmь | *ušesьmà | *ušesý |
| locative | *ȗšese | *ušesù | *ušèsьxъ |
| vocative | *ȗxo | *ȗšesi | *ušesà |
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ȗxo | *ȗśě | *uxà |
| genitive | *ȗxa | *uxù | *ũxъ |
| dative | *ȗxu | *uxomà | *uxòmъ |
| accusative | *ȗxo | *ȗśě | *uxà |
| instrumental | *ȗxъmь, *ȗxomь* | *uxomà | *uxý |
| locative | *ȗśě | *uxù | *uśě̃xъ |
| vocative | *ȗxo | *ȗśě | *uxà |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Traditionally reconstructed as an s-stem. Derksen reconstructs an o-stem instead, while Halla-aho reconstructs an i-stem (*ušь) on the basis of the Baltic evidence and the OCS dual forms, albeit at an earlier stage of Proto-Slavic than that represented here.
Derived terms
- *uxačь (“hare”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Halla-aho, Jussi (2006) Problems of Proto-Slavic Historical Nominal Morphology: On the Basis of Old Church Slavic (Slavica Helsingiensia; 26), Helsinki: University of Helsinki