Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьvьlga

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

Cognates include Latvian vāluôdzе (“oriole”), Lithuanian volungė̃ (“oriole”).

Noun

*jьvьlga f[1]

  1. oriole

Declension

Declension of *jьvьlga (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *jьvьlga *jьvьldzě *jьvьlgy
genitive *jьvьlgy *jьvьlgu *jьvьlgъ
dative *jьvьldzě *jьvьlgama *jьvьlgamъ
accusative *jьvьlgǫ *jьvьldzě *jьvьlgy
instrumental *jьvьlgojǫ, *jьvьlgǫ** *jьvьlgama *jьvьlgami
locative *jьvьldzě *jьvьlgu *jьvьlgasъ, *jьvьlgaxъ*
vocative *jьvьlgo *jьvьldzě *jьvьlgy

* -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:
    • Belarusian: і́валга (ívalha)
    • Russian: и́волга (ívolga)
    • Ukrainian: і́волга (ívolha)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*jьvьlga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 216: “f. ā ‘oriole’”
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