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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ova
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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
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂-. Compare Latin ava (“maternal aunt; wife of uncle”), avus (“grandfather”), avia (“grandmother”), Old Armenian հաւ (haw, “grandfather”), Proto-Germanic *awǭ (> Gothic 𐌰𐍅𐍉 (awō, “grandmother”)).
Inflection
Declension of *ova (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *ova | *ově | *ovy |
| Accusative | *ovǫ | *ově | *ovy |
| Genitive | *ovy | *ovu | *ovъ |
| Locative | *ově | *ovu | *ovasъ, *ovaxъ* |
| Dative | *ově | *ovama | *ovamъ |
| Instrumental | *ovojǫ, *ovǫ** | *ovama | *ovami |
| Vocative | *ovo | *ově | *ovy |
* -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).
** 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
- *ujь (“maternal uncle”)
Descendants
- West Slavic:
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: wowa = wowka (“grandmother”), wowcyny (“grandmother's”)
- Lower Sorbian: wówa (“grandmother”)
- Sorbian:
References
- Žuravljóv, Anatolij, editor (2014), “*ova”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 39, Moscow: Nauka, page 194
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