Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/potьběga

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

Possibly a compound of otherwise unattested *potь (“husband”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *patis, from Proto-Indo-European *pótis (“master, husband”)) and *běga from *běgati (“to run away, flee”).

Noun

*potьběga f

divorced wife

Declension

Declension of *potьběga (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*potьběga	*potьbědzě	*potьběgy
genitive	*potьběgy	*potьběgu	*potьběgъ
dative	*potьbědzě	*potьběgama	*potьběgamъ
accusative	*potьběgǫ	*potьbědzě	*potьběgy
instrumental	potьběgojǫ, potьběgǫ^**	*potьběgama	*potьběgami
locative	*potьbědzě	*potьběgu	potьběgasъ, potьběgaxъ^*
vocative	*potьběgo	*potьbědzě	*potьběgy

^* -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

Church Slavonic: потьбѣга (potĭběga) (Russian)

East Slavic:
- Russian: подпега (podpega)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: подъпѣга (podŭpěga), подъбѣга (podŭběga)
  
  Glagolitic: ⱂⱁⰴⱏⱂⱑⰳⰰ (podŭpěga), ⱂⱁⰴⱏⰱⱑⰳⰰ (podŭběga)
- Middle Bulgarian: потьбѣга (potʹběga), подьпѣга (podʹpěga)
- Old Serbo-Croatian: потьпѣга
West Slavic:
- Czech: podběha (dialectal)
- Old Polish: poćbiega
- Kashubian: pòcbiega (archaic)

References

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