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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vъšь

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

Etymology uncertain, possibly related to Baltic *ut-, cf. Lithuanian utėlė̃, utìs, Latvian uts. Compare also Lithuanian vievesà. Possibly ultimately connected with Proto-Germanic *lūs. The forms may have been distorted because of linguistic taboos.

Noun

*vъ̏šь f [1]

  1. louse

Inflection
Declension of *vъ̏šь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *vъ̏šь *vъ̏ši *vъ̏šьjē, *vъ̏šē*
Accusative *vъ̏šь *vъ̏ši *vъ̏ši
Genitive *vъší *vъšьjù, *vъšu* *vъšь̀jь
Locative *vъší *vъšьjù, *vъšu* *vъ̏šьxъ
Dative *vъ̏ši *vъšьmà *vъ̏šьmъ
Instrumental *vъ̏šьmь *vъšьmà *vъšьmì
Vocative *vъši *vъ̏ši *vъ̏šьjē, *vъ̏šē*
* 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).

Descendants

Further reading
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “вошь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • Skok, Petar (1973) Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 3, Zagreb: JAZU, page 550
  • Melʹnyčuk O. S., editor (1982), “воша”, in Etymolohičnyj slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, Kiev: Naukova Dumka, page 431

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vъ̑šь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 532
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