Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščikokoltъka
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Unknown origin.[1] By surface analysis, *ščikokolt- + *-ъka.
- Per Shaposhnikov: From *ščekolota + *-ъka, from *ščekal- + *-ota, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kekkal- ~ *kokkal- (“bone”). Cognates include Bulgarian ко́кал (kókal, “bone”), Aromanian cócalã, Greek κόκαλο (kókalo, “bone; shoehorn”), Ancient Greek κόκκᾰλος (kókkălos, “pine kernel”).[2]
- Per Chernykh: Russian щи́колотка (ščíkolotka) possibly comes from *щи́калотка (*ščíkalotka), from *щи́калоть (*ščíkalotʹ) + -ка (-ka), from *щи́кала (*ščíkala) + -оть (-otʹ), which may be related to dialectal Russian чика́лка (čikálka, “stick; lapta”), from Russian чи́кать (číkatʹ, “to beat with stick”).[3]
Noun
*ščikokoltъka f[1]
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ščikokoltъka | *ščikokoltъcě | *ščikokoltъky |
| genitive | *ščikokoltъky | *ščikokoltъku | *ščikokoltъkъ |
| dative | *ščikokoltъcě | *ščikokoltъkama | *ščikokoltъkamъ |
| accusative | *ščikokoltъkǫ | *ščikokoltъcě | *ščikokoltъky |
| instrumental | *ščikokoltъkojǫ, *ščikokoltъkǫ** | *ščikokoltъkama | *ščikokoltъkami |
| locative | *ščikokoltъcě | *ščikokoltъku | *ščikokoltъkasъ, *ščikokoltъkaxъ* |
| vocative | *ščikokoltъko | *ščikokoltъcě | *ščikokoltъky |
* -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
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: шчы́калатка (ščýkalatka)
- Russian: щи́колотка (ščíkolotka); щи́колка (ščíkolka), щи́колоток m (ščíkolotok) (dialectal, obsolete)
- Ukrainian: щи́колотка (ščýkolotka); щи́колодка (ščýkolodka), щи́колоток m (ščýkolotok), чи́колоток m (čýkolotok), чи́колодок m (čýkolodok), чи́колонок m (čýkolonok) (dialectal)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “щи́колотка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 508: “*ščikokoltъka ― *ščikokoltʺka”
- ^ Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “щиколотка”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2: (Начать – Я), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 555
- ^ Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “щи́колотка”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 435
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1973) “щи́колка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 4 (Т – Ящур), Moscow: Progress, page 507