Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/luna
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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
From MCS *lȗxna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *láukšnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.
Noun Edit
Declension Edit
Declension of *lūnà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lūnà | *lũně | *lūnỳ |
| genitive | *lūnỳ | *lūnù | *lũnъ |
| dative | *lūně̀ | *lūnàma | *lūnàmъ |
| accusative | *lūnǫ̀ | *lũně | *lūnỳ |
| instrumental | *lūnòjǫ, *lũnǫ** | *lūnàma | *lūnàmī |
| locative | *lūně̀ | *lūnù | *lūnàsъ, *lūnàxъ* |
| vocative | *luno | *lũně | *lūnỳ |
* -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:
Further reading Edit
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*luna”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 173
References Edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lunà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 291: “f. ā ‘moon’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “luna luny”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 20; PR 135)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “lúna”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*luna̋”