Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/oldyga
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
According to ESSJa, from *oldi + *-yga. Doubted by Vasmer.
Noun
*oldyga f[1]
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *oldyga | *oldydzě | *oldygy |
| genitive | *oldygy | *oldygu | *oldygъ |
| dative | *oldydzě | *oldygama | *oldygamъ |
| accusative | *oldygǫ | *oldydzě | *oldygy |
| instrumental | *oldygojǫ, *oldygǫ** | *oldygama | *oldygami |
| locative | *oldydzě | *oldygu | *oldygasъ, *oldygaxъ* |
| vocative | *oldygo | *oldydzě | *oldygy |
* -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: лодꙑга (lodyga)
- Old Ruthenian: *лоды́га (*lodýha)
- Belarusian: лады́га (ladýha), лады́ґа (ladýga)
- Ukrainian: лоди́га (lodýha)
- Russian: лоды́га (lodýga) (obsolete)
- ⇒ Russian: лоды́жка (lodýžka)
- Old Ruthenian: *лоды́га (*lodýha)
- Old East Slavic: лодꙑга (lodyga)
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*oldyga”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 55
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1967) “лоды́га”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 510