Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/uxo

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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

  1. ear

Declension

Declension of *ȗxo (s-stem, accent paradigm c)
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
Declension of *ȗxo (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
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

Descendants

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