Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slověnъka
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *slověninъ + *-ъka.
Noun[edit]
*slověnъka f (masculine *slověninъ)[1][2][3] needs accents
- female equivalent of *slověninъ (“Slav”)
Declension[edit]
Declension of *slověnъka (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *slověnъka | *slověnъcě | *slověnъky |
| genitive | *slověnъky | *slověnъku | *slověnъkъ |
| dative | *slověnъcě | *slověnъkama | *slověnъkamъ |
| accusative | *slověnъkǫ | *slověnъcě | *slověnъky |
| instrumental | *slověnъkojǫ, *slověnъkǫ** | *slověnъkama | *slověnъkami |
| locative | *slověnъcě | *slověnъku | *slověnъkasъ, *slověnъkaxъ* |
| vocative | *slověnъko | *slověnъcě | *slověnъky |
* -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).
** 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).
Related terms[edit]
adjectives
- *slověnьskъ (“Slavic”)
Descendants[edit]
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *словѣнъка (*slověnŭka)
- Old Ruthenian: *словꙗ́нка (*slovjánka)
- Belarusian: славя́нка (slavjánka)
- Carpathian Rusyn: Славя́нка (Slavjánka)
- Ukrainian: слов'я́нка (slovʺjánka)
- Russian: славя́нка (slavjánka)
- Old Ruthenian: *словꙗ́нка (*slovjánka)
- Old East Slavic: *словѣнъка (*slověnŭka)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: славя́нка (slavjánka)
- Macedonian: Словенка (Slovenka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: Сло̀ве̄нка, Сла̀ве̄нка
- Latin script: Slòvēnka, Slàvēnka
- Slovene: Slovánka
- West Slavic:
References[edit]
- ^ Słowianka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ^ Selishchev, Afanasy (2009) Славянское языкознание: западнославянские языки, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 28
- ^ Трубачёв, Олег Николаевич (a. 2002) Этногенез и культура древнейших славян (in Russian), Moscow: Наука, published 2003, →ISBN, page 335