< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blъxa
 |
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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *blúšāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlúseh₂.
Inflection
Declension of *blъxà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *blъxà | *blъ̀śě | *blъxỳ |
| genitive | *blъxỳ | *blъxù | *blъ̀xъ |
| dative | *blъśě̀ | *blъxàma | *blъxàmъ |
| accusative | *blъxǫ̀ | *blъ̀śě | *blъxỳ |
| instrumental | *blъxòjǫ, *blъ̀xǫ** | *blъxàma | *blъxàmī |
| locative | *blъśě̀ | *blъxù | *blъxàsъ, *blъxàxъ* |
| vocative | *blъxo | *blъ̀śě | *blъxỳ |
* -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).
** 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: блъха (blŭxa) (Russian)
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- → Hungarian: bolha
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “блоха”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress, pages 176–177
- “blusa”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blъxa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 129
- Gluhak, Alemko (1993) “Proto-Slavic/blъxa”, in Hrvatski etimološki rječnik [Croatian Etymology Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, →ISBN, page 155
- Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “*blъxa”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 273
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*blъxà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 47: “f. ā (b) ‘flea’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001) “blъxa blъxy”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (NA 89f., 141, 143; SA 20); b/c (PR 135)”
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.