Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/opsika

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 *opsa +‎ *-ika.

Noun

*opsika f[1]

  1. aspen

Declension

Declension of *opsika (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *opsika *opsicě *opsiky
genitive *opsiky *opsiku *opsikъ
dative *opsicě *opsikama *opsikamъ
accusative *opsikǫ *opsicě *opsiky
instrumental *opsikojǫ, *opsikǫ** *opsikama *opsikami
locative *opsicě *opsiku *opsikasъ, *opsikaxъ*
vocative *opsiko *opsicě *opsiky

* -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: *осика (*osika)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*opsika”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 94
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