Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tyky
Proto-Slavic edit
Etymology edit
A Wanderwort.
- Either related to the word for cucurbits Arabic قِثَّاء (qiṯṯāʔ, “Cucumis”), Old Armenian սեխ (sex, “muskmelon”), Ancient Greek σικύα (sikúa, “bottle gourd”), Ancient Greek σίκυος (síkuos), σικυός (sikuós), σίκυς (síkus, “cucumber”), Latin cucumis (“cucumber”),
- Or to the word for figs Old Armenian թուզ (tʻuz, “fig”), Boeotian Greek τῦκον (tûkon, “fig”), Attic Greek σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”), Latin fīcus (“fig”).
Noun edit
*tyky f
Declension edit
Declension of *tyky (v-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *tyky | *tykъvi | *tykъvi |
genitive | *tykъve | *tykъvu | *tykъvъ |
dative | *tykъvi | *tykъvьma, *tykъvama* | *tykъvьmъ, *tykъvamъ* |
accusative | *tykъvь | *tykъvi | *tykъvi |
instrumental | *tykъvьjǫ, *tykъvľǫ** | *tykъvьma, *tykъvama* | *tykъvьmi, *tykъvami* |
locative | *tykъve | *tykъvu | *tykъvьxъ, *tykъvaxъ* |
vocative | *tyky | *tykъvi | *tykъvi |
* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
** 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).
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тыква”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress