Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьzokъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Archaic formation from *jьz + *ok- + *-ъ. Root, from which comes *oko (“eye”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ak- (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).
Adjective
*jьzokъ[1]
- (one who) eyes outward, goggle-eyed; cross-eyed
- → (figuratively) grasshopper (bug-eyed insect)
- → (figuratively) June (based on a typical summer insect)
- → (figuratively) grasshopper (bug-eyed insect)
Inflection
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *jьzokъ | *jьzoka | *jьzoko |
| genitive | *jьzoka | *jьzoky | *jьzoka |
| dative | *jьzoku | *jьzocě | *jьzoku |
| accusative | *jьzokъ | *jьzokǫ | *jьzoko |
| instrumental | *jьzokomь | *jьzokojǫ | *jьzokomь |
| locative | *jьzocě | *jьzocě | *jьzocě |
| vocative | *jьzoče | *jьzoko | *jьzoko |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *jьzoka | *jьzocě | *jьzocě |
| genitive | *jьzoku | *jьzoku | *jьzoku |
| dative | *jьzokoma | *jьzokama | *jьzokoma |
| accusative | *jьzoka | *jьzocě | *jьzocě |
| instrumental | *jьzokoma | *jьzokama | *jьzokoma |
| locative | *jьzoku | *jьzoku | *jьzoku |
| vocative | *jьzoka | *jьzocě | *jьzocě |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *jьzoci | *jьzoky | *jьzoka |
| genitive | *jьzokъ | *jьzokъ | *jьzokъ |
| dative | *jьzokomъ | *jьzokamъ | *jьzokomъ |
| accusative | *jьzoky | *jьzoky | *jьzoka |
| instrumental | *jьzoky | *jьzokami | *jьzoky |
| locative | *jьzocěxъ | *jьzokaxъ | *jьzocěxъ |
| vocative | *jьzoci | *jьzoky | *jьzoka |
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *jьzokъjь | *jьzokaja | *jьzokoje |
| genitive | *jьzokajego | *jьzokyję̇ | *jьzokajego |
| dative | *jьzokujemu | *jьzocěji | *jьzokujemu |
| accusative | *jьzokъjь | *jьzokǫjǫ | *jьzokoje |
| instrumental | *jьzokyjimь | *jьzokǫjǫ | *jьzokyjimь |
| locative | *jьzocějemь | *jьzocěji | *jьzocějemь |
| vocative | *jьzokъjь | *jьzokaja | *jьzokoje |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *jьzokaja | *jьzocěji | *jьzocěji |
| genitive | *jьzokuju | *jьzokuju | *jьzokuju |
| dative | *jьzokyjima | *jьzokyjima | *jьzokyjima |
| accusative | *jьzokaja | *jьzocěji | *jьzocěji |
| instrumental | *jьzokyjima | *jьzokyjima | *jьzokyjima |
| locative | *jьzokuju | *jьzokuju | *jьzokuju |
| vocative | *jьzokaja | *jьzocěji | *jьzocěji |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *jьzociji | *jьzokyję̇ | *jьzokaja |
| genitive | *jьzokъjixъ | *jьzokъjixъ | *jьzokъjixъ |
| dative | *jьzokyjimъ | *jьzokyjimъ | *jьzokyjimъ |
| accusative | *jьzokyję̇ | *jьzokyję̇ | *jьzokaja |
| instrumental | *jьzokyjimi | *jьzokyjimi | *jьzokyjimi |
| locative | *jьzokyjixъ | *jьzokyjixъ | *jьzokyjixъ |
| vocative | *jьzociji | *jьzokyję̇ | *jьzokaja |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: зо́ки (zóky, “cross-eyed”) (dialectal)
- ⇒ Old East Slavic: изокъ m (izokŭ, “grasshopper; June”)
- ⇒ Middle Russian: Зокій (Zokij) (personal proper name)
- South Slavic:
- ⇒ Old Church Slavonic:
- Glagolitic script: ⰻⰸⱁⰽⱏ m (izokŭ, “June”)
- Old Cyrillic script: изокъ m (izokŭ, “June”)
- Bulgarian: изок (izok)
- ⇒ Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*jьzokъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 9 (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 55