Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gajьka

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

From *gajiti (“to fence, enclose”) +‎ *-ьka.

Noun edit

*gajьka f

that which connects; connector
that which serves to prohibit

Inflection edit

Declension of *gajьka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gajьka	*gajьcě	*gajьky
genitive	*gajьky	*gajьku	*gajьkъ
dative	*gajьcě	*gajьkama	*gajьkamъ
accusative	*gajьkǫ	*gajьcě	*gajьky
instrumental	gajьkojǫ, gajьkǫ^**	*gajьkama	*gajьkami
locative	*gajьcě	*gajьku	gajьkasъ, gajьkaxъ^*
vocative	*gajьko	*gajьcě	*gajьky

^* -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 edit

East Slavic:
- Middle Russian: га́йка (gájka) (17ᵗʰ cent.)
  - Russian: га́йка (gájka) (see there for further descendants)
    - → Bulgarian: га́йка (gájka)
  - → Old Ruthenian: га́йка (hájka) (18ᵗʰ cent.)
    - Belarusian: га́йка (hájka)
    - Ukrainian: га́йка (hájka)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Latin script: gȃjka
  
  Cyrillic script: га̑јка
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: hajky pl
  - Czech: hajka f (dialectal)

Further reading edit

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gajьka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 86
Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1995), “gajьka”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 7 (ga – gobьdzь), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 30
Anikin, A. E. (2015) “га́йка I”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 9 (врандовать – галоп), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 323
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “га́йка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “га́йка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 453
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Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “га́йка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 225