Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ulica

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 *ula +‎ *-ica, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *aul-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlós (“hollowed-out object, pipe”).[1]

Baltic cognates include Old Prussian aulis (“shin”).

Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek αὐλός (aulós, “pipe, flute”), αὐλών (aulṓn, “hollow, channel, strait”); Low German ōl, аul (Westphalian); Old Armenian ուղի (ułi, “road, way, route; journey; passage”).

It may be a cognate of Latvian iela and Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ).

Noun

*ùlica f[1]

  1. passage
  2. street

Inflection

Declension of *úlica (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *úlica *ùlici *ùlicę̇
genitive *ùlicę̇ *ùlicu *ùlicь
dative *ùlicī *ùlicama *ùlicāmъ
accusative *ùlicǫ *ùlici *ùlicę̇
instrumental *ùlicējǫ, *ùlicǭ* *ùlicama *ùlicāmī
locative *ùlicī *ùlicu *ùlicāsъ
vocative *ùlice *ùlici *ùlicę̇

* 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: улица (ulica)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*úlica”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “улица”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Franz Miklosich (1862–1865) “оулица”, in Lexicon Palaeoslovenico-Graeco-Latinum emendatum auctum, Vienna: Guilelmus Braumueller, page 1049
  • Dočkalová, Lenka, Blažek, Václav (2011) “On Indo-European roads”, in The Journal of Indo-European Studies‎[1], volume 39, number 3/4, page 305 of 299–341
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