Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ęga
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *inˀgāˀ (per Trubačev (ESSJa), probably deverbial), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“to press, to tighten”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *inkô (“ache”), *angazaz (“worry, greif, anxiety”) and akin to Latvian îgns (“surly, morose”), Lithuanian ìngas (“lazy, idle”).
Noun
edit*ęga f[1]
Alternative forms
editDeclension
editDeclension of *ęga (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *ęga | *ędzě | *ęgy |
genitive | *ęgy | *ęgu | *ęgъ |
dative | *ędzě | *ęgama | *ęgamъ |
accusative | *ęgǫ | *ędzě | *ęgy |
instrumental | *ęgojǫ, *ęgǫ** | *ęgama | *ęgami |
locative | *ędzě | *ęgu | *ęgasъ, *ęgaxъ* |
vocative | *ęgo | *ędzě | *ęgy |
* -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).
** 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).
Derived terms
edit- *ęgati (“to force, to compel, to come quickly”)
- *ęziti (causative, probably post-Common Slavic)
- *ęzavъ, *ęzivъ (“plagued, infected”)
- *ęzьnъ (“painful”) (probably post-Common Slavic)
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
References
edit- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ęga; *ędza”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 157
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “jeza”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *jędza̋”
Further reading
edit- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ęga / *ęza”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 68
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “еза¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 481
Etymology 2
editLikely identical to Etymology 1, with South Slavic descendants borrowing the pronunciation of East Slavic (as both lack the effects of third palatalization).
Fringe hypotheses propose as alternatives:
- Iljinsky (ИОРЯС): Of expressive origin, akin to dial. Russian яга́ть (jagátʹ), яжи́ть (jažítʹ, “to shriek, to make noise”). Doubted by Vasmer, Sobolevsky.
- Berneker: Reflecting instead *jěga (possibly akin to Latin aeger (“sick”) or the same as Proto-Balto-Slavic *jḗˀgāˀ (“capacity, power”)) and further related to Russian егоза́ (jegozá, “bundle of nerves”), я́глый (jáglyj, “vigorous”). Formally incompatible with the West Slavic descendants. Doubted by Vasmer.
Noun
edit*ęga f
- (Slavic mythology) personification of calamity, death, diseases (typically depicted as a hex or an evil old woman)
Usage notes
editMore often referred to as *baba ęga ~ *ędzi baba (see there for further descendants). The term is nonetheless used on own in West Slavic and Ukrainian with the more general meaning “evil old woman” or “witch, hex”.
Declension
editDeclension of *ęga (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *ęga | *ędzě | *ęgy |
genitive | *ęgy | *ęgu | *ęgъ |
dative | *ędzě | *ęgama | *ęgamъ |
accusative | *ęgǫ | *ędzě | *ęgy |
instrumental | *ęgojǫ, *ęgǫ** | *ęgama | *ęgami |
locative | *ędzě | *ęgu | *ęgasъ, *ęgaxъ* |
vocative | *ęgo | *ędzě | *ęgy |
* -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).
** 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:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “яга́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “язя”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 539
Categories:
- Slovene terms with quotations
- Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Slavic lemmas
- Proto-Slavic nouns
- Proto-Slavic feminine nouns
- Proto-Slavic hard a-stem nouns
- sla-pro:Slavic mythology