< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic

Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ulica

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 *ula +‎ *-ica, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *aul-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewl-.

Baltic cognates include Old Prussian aulis (“shin”).

Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek αὐλός (aulós, “pipe, flute”), αὐλών (aulṓn, “hollow, channel, strait”), Low German ōl, аul (Westphalian), Old Armenian ուղի (ułi, “road, way, route; journey; passage”).

It may be a cognate of Latvian iela and Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ).

Noun

*ùlica f

  1. passage
  2. street

Inflection
Declension of *úlica (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *úlica *ùlici *ùlicę̇
Accusative *ùlicǫ *ùlici *ùlicę̇
Genitive *ùlicę̇ *ùlicu *ùlicь
Locative *ùlicī *ùlicu *ùlicāsъ
Dative *ùlicī *ùlicama *ùlicāmъ
Instrumental *ùlicējǫ, *ùlicǭ* *ùlicama *ùlicāmī
Vocative *ùlice *ùlici *ùlicę̇
* 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).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: ulice
    • Polish: ulica
    • Slovak: ulica
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: wulica
      • Upper Sorbian: wulica

Further reading
  • Derksen, Rick (2008), “*úlica”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1973), “улица”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 4, translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress, page 159-160
  • Franz von Miklosich (1865) Lexicon Palaeoslovenico-Graeco-Latinum: Emendatum Auctum
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.