Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gǫsakъ

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 *gǫsь +‎ *-akъ.

Noun

*gǫsakъ m

  1. gander (male goose)

Declension

Declension of *gǫsakъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *gǫsakъ *gǫsaka *gǫsaci
genitive *gǫsaka *gǫsaku *gǫsakъ
dative *gǫsaku *gǫsakoma *gǫsakomъ
accusative *gǫsakъ *gǫsaka *gǫsaky
instrumental *gǫsakъmь, *gǫsakomь* *gǫsakoma *gǫsaky
locative *gǫsacě *gǫsaku *gǫsacěxъ
vocative *gǫsače *gǫsaka *gǫsaci

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: гуса́къ (husák)
    • Russian: гуса́к (gusák)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gǫsakъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 82
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