Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščikokoltъka

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

*ščikokoltъka

Etymology

Unknown origin.^[1] By surface analysis, *ščikokolt- +‎ *-ъka.

Per Shaposhnikov: From *ščekolota +‎ *-ъka, from *ščekal- +‎ *-ota, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kekkal- ~ *kokkal- (“bone”). Cognates include Bulgarian ко́кал (kókal, “bone”), Aromanian cócalã, Greek κόκαλο (kókalo, “bone; shoehorn”), Ancient Greek κόκκᾰλος (kókkalos, “pine kernel”).^[2]
Per Chernykh: Russian щи́колотка (ščíkolotka) possibly comes from *щи́калотка (*ščíkalotka), from *щи́калоть (*ščíkalotʹ) +‎ -ка (-ka), from *щи́кала (*ščíkala) +‎ -оть (-otʹ), which may be related to dialectal Russian чика́лка (čikálka, “stick; lapta”), from Russian чи́кать (číkatʹ, “to beat with stick”).^[3]

Noun

*ščikokoltъka f^[1]

(East Slavic, anatomy) ankle

Declension

Declension of *ščikokoltъka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ščikokoltъka	*ščikokoltъcě	*ščikokoltъky
genitive	*ščikokoltъky	*ščikokoltъku	*ščikokoltъkъ
dative	*ščikokoltъcě	*ščikokoltъkama	*ščikokoltъkamъ
accusative	*ščikokoltъkǫ	*ščikokoltъcě	*ščikokoltъky
instrumental	ščikokoltъkojǫ, ščikokoltъkǫ^**	*ščikokoltъkama	*ščikokoltъkami
locative	*ščikokoltъcě	*ščikokoltъku	ščikokoltъkasъ, ščikokoltъkaxъ^*
vocative	*ščikokoltъko	*ščikokoltъcě	*ščikokoltъky

^* -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).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: шчы́калатка (ščýkalatka)
- Russian: щи́колотка (ščíkolotka); щи́колка (ščíkolka), щи́колоток m (ščíkolotok) (dialectal, obsolete)
- Ukrainian: щи́колотка (ščýkolotka); щи́колодка (ščýkolodka), щи́колоток m (ščýkolotok), чи́колоток m (čýkolotok), чи́колодок m (čýkolodok), чи́колонок m (čýkolonok) (dialectal)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “щи́колотка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 508: “*ščikokoltъka ― *ščikokoltʺka”
^ Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “щиколотка”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка (in Russian), volumes 2: (Начать – Я), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 555
^ Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “щи́колотка”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 435