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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žica
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *gʷiH-.
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian gijà (“thread (in warp)”), Latvian dzija (“thread”).
Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit जिया (jiyā), ज्या (jyā, “bowstring”), Avestan 𐬘𐬌𐬌𐬁 (jiiā), Old Persian [script needed] (ǰiyā), Welsh giau (“nerves, sinew”), Ancient Greek βιός (biós, “bowstring”).
Inflection
Declension of *žìca (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *žìca | *žìci | *žìcę̇ |
| Accusative | *žìcǫ | *žìci | *žìcę̇ |
| Genitive | *žìcę̇ | *žìcu | *žìcь |
| Locative | *žìcī | *žìcu | *žìcāsъ |
| Dative | *žìcī | *žìcama | *žìcāmъ |
| Instrumental | *žìcējǫ, *žìcǭ* | *žìcama | *žìcāmī |
| Vocative | *žìce | *žìci | *žìcę̇ |
* 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
- *žila (“vein, sinew, tendon”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*žìca”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 561
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “жица”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
- “Proto-Slavic/žica” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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