Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьlčę

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 *vь̑lkъ (“wolf”) +‎ *-ę.

Noun

*vь̑lčę n^[1]

wolf cub

Declension

Declension of *vь̑lčę (nt-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vь̑lčę	*vь̑lčęti	*vьlčętà
genitive	*vь̑lčęte	*vьlčętù	*vьlčę̃tъ
dative	*vь̑lčęti	*vьlčętьmà	*vьlčę̃tьmъ
accusative	*vь̑lčę	*vь̑lčęti	*vьlčętà
instrumental	*vь̑lčętьmь	*vьlčętьmà	*vьlčętý
locative	*vь̑lčęte	*vьlčętù	*vьlčę̃tьxъ
vocative	*vь̑lčę	*vь̑lčęti	*vьlčętà

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *вълчѧ (*vŭlčę)
  - Old Ruthenian: *вовча́ (*vovčá), волча́ (volčá)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: вовча́ (vovčá)
      - → Pannonian Rusyn: вовче (vovče)
    - Ukrainian: вовча́ (vovčá)
  - Russian: волча́ (volčá)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: вълче́ (vǎlčé)
- Macedonian: волче (volče)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: вуче
  
  Latin script: vuče
- Slovene: vȏłče (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: vlče
- Kashubian: wilczã, wôłczã
- Polish: wilczę
- Old Slovak: vĺča
  - Slovak: vĺča

References

^ Anikin, A. E. (2014) “волча́”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 8 (во – вран), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 194: “< *vьlčę, мн. *vьlčęta ― < *vʹlčę, mn. *vʹlčęta”

[1] Anikin, A. E. (2014) “волча́”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 8 (во – вран), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 194: “< *vьlčę, мн. *vьlčęta ― < *vʹlčę, mn. *vʹlčęta”

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