Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/podъšьva

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

By surface analysis, *podъ- +‎ *šьva, related to *šiti (to sew).

Noun

*podъšьva f[1]

  1. sole

Declension

Declension of *podъšьva (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *podъšьva *podъšьvě *podъšьvy
genitive *podъšьvy *podъšьvu *podъšьvъ
dative *podъšьvě *podъšьvama *podъšьvamъ
accusative *podъšьvǫ *podъšьvě *podъšьvy
instrumental *podъšьvojǫ, *podъšьvǫ** *podъšьvama *podъšьvami
locative *podъšьvě *podъšьvu *podъšьvasъ, *podъšьvaxъ*
vocative *podъšьvo *podъšьvě *podъšьvy

* -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: подъшьва (podŭšĭva)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*podъšьva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 409:‘sole’