Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/uxo
Proto-Slavic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *auś- (or possibly *auśi-, if reconstructed as an i-stem), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws. Cognate with Lithuanian ausis, Latvian auss, Old Prussian ausins (accusative plural).
Noun edit
*ȗxo n
Declension edit
Declension of *ȗxo (s-stem, accent paradigm c)
Declension of *ȗxo (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
Traditionally reconstructed as an s-stem. Derksen reconstructs an o-stem instead, while Halla-aho reconstructs an i-stem (*ušь) on the basis of the Baltic evidence and the OCS dual forms, albeit at an earlier stage of Proto-Slavic than that represented here.
Derived terms edit
- *uxačь (“hare”)
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References edit
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN
- Halla-aho, Jussi (2006) Problems of Proto-Slavic Historical Nominal Morphology: On the Basis of Old Church Slavic (Slavica Helsingiensia; 26), Helsinki: University of Helsinki