Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vъšь

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

Uncertain, possibly ultimately connected with Proto-Germanic *lūs, Pokorny deriving both from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“louse”).[1]

Possibly related to Baltic *ut-, cf. Lithuanian utėlė̃, uti̇̀s, Latvian uts. Compare also Lithuanian vievesà. The forms may have been distorted because of linguistic taboos.

Noun

*vъ̏šь f[2]

  1. louse

Inflection

Declension of *vъ̏šь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *vъ̏šь *vъ̏ši *vъ̏ši
genitive *vъší *vъšьjù, *vъšu* *vъšь̀jь
dative *vъ̏ši *vъšьmà *vъ̏šьmъ
accusative *vъ̏šь *vъ̏ši *vъ̏ši
instrumental *vъšьjǫ́ *vъšьmà *vъšьmì
locative *vъší *vъšьjù, *vъšu* *vъ̏šьxъ
vocative *vъši *vъ̏ši *vъ̏ši

* 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: въшь (vŭšĭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вошь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Skok, Petar (1973) “Proto-Slavic/vъšь”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 3 (poni² – Ž), Zagreb: JAZU, page 550
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “воша”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 431

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “692”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 692
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vъ̑šь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 532
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