Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mečьka

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

Uncertain. Perhaps from *medvědь

Noun edit

*mečьka f

she-bear

Declension edit

Declension of *mečьka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mečьka	*mečьcě	*mečьky
genitive	*mečьky	*mečьku	*mečьkъ
dative	*mečьcě	*mečьkama	*mečьkamъ
accusative	*mečьkǫ	*mečьcě	*mečьky
instrumental	mečьkojǫ, mečьkǫ^**	*mečьkama	*mečьkami
locative	*mečьcě	*mečьku	mečьkasъ, mečьkaxъ^*
vocative	*mečьko	*mečьcě	*mečьky

^* -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:
- Old East Slavic: мечька (mečĭka)
  - Middle Russian: мечка (mečka), мешка (meška); мека m (meka)
    - Russian: ме́чка (méčka)
  - Old Ruthenian: мечка (mečka)
    - Belarusian: ме́чка (mjéčka)
    - → Latvian: meška
    - → Lithuanian: meškà, mẽškė
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  - Church Slavonic: мечька (mečĭka), мешька (mešĭka)
  - Bulgarian: ме́чка (méčka); мечо́к m (mečók); мечé n (mečé)
  - Macedonian: мечка (mečka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ме̏чка; ме́чак m; ме̏че n
  
  Latin script: mȅčka; méčak m; mȅče n
- → Albanian: meçkë
West Slavic:
- ⇒? Czech: Mečka m (proper name); Mečkov (toponym)