Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slověnъka

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

Etymology

From *slověninъ +‎ *-ъka.

Noun

*slověnъka f (masculine *slověninъ) needs accents

1. female equivalent of *slověninъ (“Slav”)

Declension

Declension of *slověnъka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*slověnъka	*slověnъcě	*slověnъky
genitive	*slověnъky	*slověnъku	*slověnъkъ
dative	*slověnъcě	*slověnъkama	*slověnъkamъ
accusative	*slověnъkǫ	*slověnъcě	*slověnъky
instrumental	*slověnъkojǫ, *slověnъkǫ**	*slověnъkama	*slověnъkami
locative	*slověnъcě	*slověnъku	*slověnъkasъ, *slověnъkaxъ*
vocative	*slověnъko	*slověnъcě	*slověnъky

^* -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).

Related terms

adjectives

• *slověnьskъ (“Slavic”)

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *словѣнъка (*slověnŭka)
    • Old Ruthenian: *словꙗ́нка (*slovjánka)
      • Belarusian: славя́нка (slavjánka)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: Славя́нка (Slavjánka)
      • Ukrainian: слов'я́нка (slovʺjánka)
    • Russian: славя́нка (slavjánka)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: славя́нка (slavjánka)
  • Macedonian: Словенка (Slovenka)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: Сло̀ве̄нка, Сла̀ве̄нка

    Latin script: Slòvēnka, Slàvēnka

  • Slovene: Slovánka
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: Slovanka
  • Kashubian: Słowiónka
  • Old Polish: *Słowianka
    • Polish: Słowianka
    • Silesian: Słowianka
  • Slovak: Slovanka
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: Słowjanka
    • Upper Sorbian: Słowjanka