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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/soja

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 *sojь (“shaded; blue”) +‎ *-а, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śájas, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱéh₃-yo-s, from *(s)ḱeh₃- (“shadow”) +‎ *-yós, cognate with Proto-Celtic *skātos (“shadow”), Proto-Germanic *hēwijaz (“dark blue”). Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁y- (“to shine, shimmer”)[1].[2]

Noun

*sòja f[3]

  1. jay

Declension
Declension of *soja (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *soja *soji *soję̇
genitive *soję̇ *soju *sojь
dative *soji *sojama *sojamъ
accusative *sojǫ *soji *soję̇
instrumental *sojejǫ, *sojǫ** *sojama *sojami
locative *soji *soju *sojasъ, *sojaxъ*
vocative *soje *soji *soję̇
* -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
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: соя (soja)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: со́а (sóa) (dialectal, from an earlier *соя)
    • Slovene: šọ́ja
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: sоjа (dialectal)
    • Polish: sоjа (dialectal)
    • Slovak: sоjа (dialectal)
    • Sorbian:

References
  1. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “соя”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “со̀а⁵”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 261
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016) “šója”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*sòja”
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