Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rozga

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *razgā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)resg- (“to weave, to plait”). Cognates include Latin restis.

Noun

*rozga f

  1. twig, branch

Inflection

Declension of *rozga (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *rozga *rozdzě *rozgy
genitive *rozgy *rozgu *rozgъ
dative *rozdzě *rozgama *rozgamъ
accusative *rozgǫ *rozdzě *rozgy
instrumental *rozgojǫ, *rozgǫ** *rozgama *rozgami
locative *rozdzě *rozgu *rozgasъ, *rozgaxъ*
vocative *rozgo *rozdzě *rozgy

* -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: ро́ска (róska)
    • Russian: ро́зга (rózga)
    • Ukrainian: рі́зка (rízka)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: розга (rozga)
      Glagolitic script: ⱃⱁⰸⰳⰰ (rozga)
    • Bulgarian: розга́ (rozgá) (obsolete)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ро̏зга
      Latin script: rozga
    • Slovene: rọ̑zga (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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