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. *vьlčica ― prasl. *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. *vьlčica ― prasl. *vʹlčica”

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