Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/paǫčina

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 *pàǭkъ +‎ *-ìna.

Noun

*pàǭčīna f[1]

  1. spiderweb, cobweb

Declension

Declension of *pàǭčīna (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *pàǭčīna *pàǭčīně *pàǭčīny
genitive *pàǭčīny *pàǭčīnu *pàǭčīnъ
dative *pàǭčīně *pàǭčīnama *pàǭčīnamъ
accusative *pàǭčīnǫ *pàǭčīně *pàǭčīny
instrumental *pàǭčīnojǫ, *pàǭčīnǭ** *pàǭčīnama *pàǭčīnamī
locative *pàǭčīně *pàǭčīnu *pàǭčīnasъ, *pàǭčīnaxъ*
vocative *pàǭčīno *pàǭčīně *pàǭčīny

* -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

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “паутина”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Kapović, Mate (2015) Povijest hrvatske akcentuacije. Fonetika [History of Croatian Accent. Phonetics]‎[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: Matica hrvatska, →ISBN, page 512: “*pa̋ǭčīna”
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