Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/galъka

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Related or derived from *galъ (“dark, murky”) +‎ *-ъka, possible of onomatopoeic nature.

Noun

*galъka f

1. bird from the daw family

Alternative forms

• *gala
• *galica

Inflection

Declension of *galъka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*galъka	*galъcě	*galъky
genitive	*galъky	*galъku	*galъkъ
dative	*galъcě	*galъkama	*galъkamъ
accusative	*galъkǫ	*galъcě	*galъky
instrumental	*galъkojǫ, *galъkǫ**	*galъkama	*galъkami
locative	*galъcě	*galъku	*galъkasъ, *galъkaxъ*
vocative	*galъko	*galъcě	*galъky

^* -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).

Related terms

• *galъ (“dark, black”)
• *gaľa (“black fem. animal (sheep, hen, bitch)”)
• *galovъ (“dark, murky”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: галъка (galŭka)
    • Belarusian: га́лка (hálka, “Eurasian jackdaw”), dial. га́ліца (hálica)
    • Russian: га́лка (gálka), га́лька (gálʹka, “Eurasian jackdaw”), dial. га́лица (hályca)
    • Ukrainian: галка (halka, “Eurasian jackdaw”), dial. га́лиця (hálycja)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: галка (galka, “daw”) (Eastern Bulgaria), галица (galica, “daw”) (North-Western Bulgaria), галун m (galun, “crow”)
  • Macedonian: галица (galica, “crow”) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: га̑лка (“daw”), га̏лица (“any black bird”) (dialectal)

    Latin script: gȃlka (“daw”), gȁlica (“any black bird”) (dialectal)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “галка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*galъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 97
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*galica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 92
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гал”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 225