Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blъxa

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *blúšāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlúseh₂.

Noun

*blъxà f[1][2]

  1. flea

Inflection

Declension of *blъxà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *blъxà *blъ̀śě *blъxỳ
genitive *blъxỳ *blъxù *blъ̀xъ
dative *blъśě̀ *blъxàma *blъxàmъ
accusative *blъxǫ̀ *blъ̀śě *blъxỳ
instrumental *blъxòjǫ, *blъ̀xǫ** *blъxàma *blъxàmī
locative *blъśě̀ *blъxù *blъxàsъ, *blъxàxъ*
vocative *blъxo *blъ̀śě *blъxỳ

* -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

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “блоха”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress, pages 176–177
  • “blusa”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blъxa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 129
  • Gluhak, Alemko (1993) “Proto-Slavic/blъxa”, in Hrvatski etimološki rječnik [Croatian Etymology Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, →ISBN, page 155
  • Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “*blъxa”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 273

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*blъxà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 47: “f. ā (b) ‘flea’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “blъxa blъxy”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (NA 89f., 141, 143; SA 20); b/c (PR 135)”
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