Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sudlica

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-Indo-European *-dlo + *-ica. It may be cognate with Sanskrit शूल (śūla), शूला (śūlā, “iron spike”), शूक (śūka, “bristle, spike”), Avestan 𐬯𐬏𐬐𐬁 (sūkā). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

*sudlica f

a thrusting weapon, a spear, lance, glaive or voulge

Declension

Declension of *sudlica (soft a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sudlica	*sudlici	*sudlicę̇
genitive	*sudlicę̇	*sudlicu	*sudlicь
dative	*sudlici	*sudlicama	*sudlicamъ
accusative	*sudlicǫ	*sudlici	*sudlicę̇
instrumental	sudlicejǫ, sudlicǫ^**	*sudlicama	*sudlicami
locative	*sudlici	*sudlicu	sudlicasъ, sudlicaxъ^*
vocative	*sudlice	*sudlici	*sudlicę̇

^* -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).

Related terms

*sovati (“to shove”)
*sunǫti (“to shove, thrust”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сулица (sulica)
  - Belarusian: су́лица (súlica)
  - Russian: су́лица (súlica)
  - Ukrainian: сули́ця (sulýcja)
  - →? Old Polish: sulica
    - Polish: sulica
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Serbian Church Slavonic сулица (sulica)
- Slovene: súlica (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: sudlice
- Slovak: sudlica

Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: suliță

References

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