Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьkra

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

Cognates include Latvian ikri, Lithuanian ìkras.

Noun

*jьkrà f [1]

roe, spawn
calf (back of the leg)

Declension

Declension of *jьkrà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*jьkrà	*jь̏krě	*jь̏kry
Accusative	*jь̏krǫ	*jь̏krě	*jь̏kry
Genitive	*jьkrý	*jьkrù	*jь̀krъ
Locative	*jь̏krě	*jьkrù	jьkràsъ, jьkràxъ^*
Dative	*jьkrě̀	*jьkràma	*jьkràmъ
Instrumental	*jьkrojǫ́	*jьkràma	*jьkràmi
Vocative	*jьkro	*jь̏krě	*jь̏kry

^* -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.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: икра́ (ikrá)
- Ukrainian: ікра́ (ikrá)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: и́кра (íkra)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: и̏кра
  
  Latin: ȉkra
- Slovene: íkra (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: jikra
- Polish: ikra
- Slovak: jikra
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: jikra
→ Hungarian: ikra
→ Romanian: icre

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*jьkrà; *jьkro”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 210: “f. ā; n. o (c) ‘roe, spawn, (anat.) calf ’”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*jьkrà; *jьkro”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 210: “f. ā; n. o (c) ‘roe, spawn, (anat.) calf ’”