Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/aga
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Proto-Slavic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓˀgāˀ, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógeh₂. Possible cognates include Proto-Celtic *agrinyos (“sloe, small plum, berry”), Tocharian B oko (“fruit”), Proto-Germanic *akraną (“fruit”).
Evidenced by derived term(s) only.
Noun[edit]
- berry, small fruit
- → (figuratively) cheek
Inflection[edit]
Declension of *aga (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *aga | *adzě | *agy |
genitive | *agy | *agu | *agъ |
dative | *adzě | *agama | *agamъ |
accusative | *agǫ | *adzě | *agy |
instrumental | *agojǫ, *agǫ** | *agama | *agami |
locative | *adzě | *agu | *agasъ, *agaxъ* |
vocative | *ago | *adzě | *agy |
* -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).
Derived terms[edit]
nouns
References[edit]
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*agoda”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 57
- ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “agoda”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 152
Further reading[edit]
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “ягода”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ягода”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 773, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 773
- Derksen, Rick (2015) “uoga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 480
Categories:
- Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Slavic lemmas
- Proto-Slavic nouns
- Proto-Slavic feminine nouns
- sla-pro:Fruits
- Proto-Slavic hard a-stem nouns