Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/potǫga

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 *potęťi (“to pull”) +‎ *-a.

Noun

*potǫga f[1]

  1. (North Slavic) pulling, stretching, acting
Declension
Declension of *potǫga (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *potǫga *potǫdzě *potǫgy
genitive *potǫgy *potǫgu *potǫgъ
dative *potǫdzě *potǫgama *potǫgamъ
accusative *potǫgǫ *potǫdzě *potǫgy
instrumental *potǫgojǫ, *potǫgǫ** *potǫgama *potǫgami
locative *potǫdzě *potǫgu *potǫgasъ, *potǫgaxъ*
vocative *potǫgo *potǫdzě *potǫgy

* -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:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Polish: *potęga
    • ⇒ Old Polabian: Potąg (theonym)

References

  1. ^ Mańczak, Witold (2017) “potęga”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN, page 156

Further reading

  • Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “пату́га2”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “potęga”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), volume 2, →ISBN, page 724
  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “potęga”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 470
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