Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čuka

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kjaukāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kewk-éh₂, from *kewk- (“to elevate, to crook”), contrast with *kuča (“heap”) from *kaukjāˀ, with Proto-Germanic *haugaz (“height, hill”). But regard Albanian çukë (“hill; beak”), Romanian ciucă (“hill”), Romanian cioc (“beak”), Megleno-Romanian cĭucă (“hill”), Aromanian ciucã (“hill”). Due to the regional distribution of the term, some scholars see a Balkan substrate.

Noun

*čuka f

1. cusp, peak, rock hill

Inflection

Declension of *čuka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*čuka	*čucě	*čuky
genitive	*čuky	*čuku	*čukъ
dative	*čucě	*čukama	*čukamъ
accusative	*čukǫ	*čucě	*čuky
instrumental	*čukojǫ, *čukǫ**	*čukama	*čukami
locative	*čucě	*čuku	*čukasъ, *čukaxъ*
vocative	*čuko	*čucě	*čuky

^* -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

• *čučati (“to be sitting atop”)
• *čukati (“to hew, to knock”) (possibly)
• *čukarjь (“hilltop”)
• *kuka (“hook”)
• *kuča (“heap”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: чу́ка (čúka)
  • Macedonian: чука (čuka)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: чу̏ка

    Latin script: čȕka