Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščeka
Proto-Slavic
editAlternative forms
edit- *ščęka (with secondary nasalization)
Etymology
editPossible cognates include Old Norse skagi (“low cape, ness”) and skegg (“beard”).
Noun
edit*ščeka f
Inflection
editDeclension of *ščeka (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *ščeka | *ščecě | *ščeky |
genitive | *ščeky | *ščeku | *ščekъ |
dative | *ščecě | *ščekama | *ščekamъ |
accusative | *ščekǫ | *ščecě | *ščeky |
instrumental | *ščekojǫ, *ščekǫ** | *ščekama | *ščekami |
locative | *ščecě | *ščeku | *ščekasъ, *ščekaxъ* |
vocative | *ščeko | *ščecě | *ščeky |
* -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).
Related terms
editnoun
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “щека́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress