Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/opica

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 *opъ +‎ *-ica, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *apō (“ape, monkey”).

Noun

*opica m

  1. ape, monkey

Declension

Declension of *opica (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *opica *opici *opicę̇
genitive *opicę̇ *opicu *opicь
dative *opici *opicama *opicamъ
accusative *opicǫ *opici *opicę̇
instrumental *opicejǫ, *opicǫ** *opicama *opicami
locative *opici *opicu *opicasъ, *opicaxъ*
vocative *opice *opici *opicę̇

* -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:
    • Russian: о́пица (ópica)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: опица (opica)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: опица
      Latin script: òpica
    • Slovene: ọ̑pica (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: opicě
      • Czech: opice
        • Moravian (Mistřice): opíca
    • Polabian: opó
    • Old Polish: opica
    • Slovak: opica
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: wopica

References

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