Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьlčica

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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

*vьlčìca

Etymology

PIE word
*wl̥kʷíh₂s

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkī́ˀkāˀ, from *wilkī́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷíh₂s (she-wolf), from *wĺ̥kʷos (wolf). By surface analysis, *vь̑lkъ (wolf) +‎ *-ica.

Cognate with Lithuanian vi̇̀lkė, Proto-Germanic *wulgī (whence Old Norse ylgr), also *wulbī (whence Old English wylf, Old Norse ylfa), Sanskrit वृकी (vṛkī́).

Noun

*vьlčìca f

  1. she-wolf

Inflection

Declension of *vьlčica (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *vьlčica *vьlčici *vьlčicę̇
genitive *vьlčicę̇ *vьlčicu *vьlčicь
dative *vьlčici *vьlčicama *vьlčicamъ
accusative *vьlčicǫ *vьlčici *vьlčicę̇
instrumental *vьlčicejǫ, *vьlčicǫ** *vьlčicama *vьlčicami
locative *vьlčici *vьlčicu *vьlčicasъ, *vьlčicaxъ*
vocative *vьlčice *vьlčici *vьlčicę̇

* -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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2015) “vilkė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 503:BSL *wilkíˀ; PSL *vьlčìca f. jā ‘she-wolf’
  2. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2014) “волчи́ца”, in Русский этимологический словарь (in Russian), issue 8 (во – вран), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 195:прасл. *vьlčicaprasl. *vʹlčica
  3. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1980), “ваўчы́ца”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), volumes 2 (ва – вяшчэ́ль), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 78:прасл. *vьlčicaprasl. *vʹlčica

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