Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščuka
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Further etymology is unknown. Some linguists suggest origin from Proto-Indo-European *skew-, with determinative *-k-.[1][2] However compare with the Polish name for the pike, newly formed in the 17th-century, szczupak, derived from szczupać (“to pinch”), by comparison with which one derives *ščuka too as deverbal from *ščukati (“to pinch”) – named after the fish’s predatory behaviour.[3] Probably also related to Proto-Finnic *hauki, which may be borrowed from Slavic, or both words may originate from a substrate.
Noun edit
*ščùka f[4]
- pike (fish)
Declension edit
Declension of *ščùka (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ščùka | *ščùcě | *ščùky |
| genitive | *ščùky | *ščùku | *ščùkъ |
| dative | *ščùcě | *ščùkama | *ščùkamъ |
| accusative | *ščùkǫ | *ščùcě | *ščùky |
| instrumental | *ščùkojǫ, *ščùkǭ** | *ščùkama | *ščùkamī |
| locative | *ščùcě | *ščùku | *ščùkasъ, *ščùkaxъ* |
| vocative | *ščùko | *ščùcě | *ščùky |
* -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:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References edit
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “щу́ка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- ^ Toporov, Vladimir N., Trubachyov, Oleg N. (1962) Lingvisticheskiy analiz gidronimov Verkhnego Podneprovya[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Publishing house of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, page 246
- ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “Proto-Slavic/ščuka”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 599
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “ščuka”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[2], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132; RPT 109)”