Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mamъka

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 *màma (“mama”) +‎ *-ъka.

Noun

*mamъka f[1]

Declension

Declension of *mamъka (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *mamъka *mamъcě *mamъky
genitive *mamъky *mamъku *mamъkъ
dative *mamъcě *mamъkama *mamъkamъ
accusative *mamъkǫ *mamъcě *mamъky
instrumental *mamъkojǫ, *mamъkǫ** *mamъkama *mamъkami
locative *mamъcě *mamъku *mamъkasъ, *mamъkaxъ*
vocative *mamъko *mamъcě *mamъky

* -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:
    • Old East Slavic: мамъка (mamŭka)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      • Bulgarian: ма́мка (mámka); ма́мкъ (mámk) (dialectal)
    • Slovene: mȃmka, mamkà (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*mamъka I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 191
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