Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/želdica

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

Etymology

*želdъ (“sleet”) +‎ *-ica.[1]

Noun

*želdica m[1]

  1. glazed frost
  2. hoar-covered ground, rime
    Synonyms: *golotica, *jьnьjь

Declension

Declension of *želdica (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *želdica *želdici *želdicę̇
genitive *želdicę̇ *želdicu *želdicь
dative *želdici *želdicama *želdicamъ
accusative *želdicǫ *želdici *želdicę̇
instrumental *želdicejǫ, *želdicǫ** *želdicama *želdicami
locative *želdici *želdicu *želdicasъ, *želdicaxъ*
vocative *želdice *želdici *želdicę̇

* -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:
    • ⇒ Russian: ожеле́дица (oželédica)
    • ⇒ Ukrainian: ожеле́диця (oželédycja)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: жлѣдица (žlědica)
    • Slovene: žlẹdíca (tonal orthography)
      • ⇒ Slovene: požlẹdíca

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ожеле́дица”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*želdъ, *želdica”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 555: “m. o; f. jā ‘glazed frost, sleet’”
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