Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьlčę

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

*vьlčę̀

Etymology

From *vь̑lkъ (“wolf”) +‎ *-ę.

Noun

*vьlčę̀ n

1. wolf cub

Declension

Declension of *vьlčę̀ (nt-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vьlčę̀	*vьlčę̀ti	*vьlčę̀tā
genitive	*vьlčę̀te	*vьlčę̀tu	*vьlčę̀tъ
dative	*vьlčę̀ti	*vьlčę̀tьma	*vьlčę̀tьmъ
accusative	*vьlčę̀	*vьlčę̀ti	*vьlčę̀tā
instrumental	*vьlčę̀tьmь	*vьlčę̀tьma	*vьlčę̀tȳ
locative	*vьlčę̀te	*vьlčę̀tu	*vьlčę̀tьxъ
vocative	*vьlčę̀	*vьlčę̀ti	*vьlčę̀tā

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *вълчѧ (*vŭlčę)
    • Old Ruthenian: *вовча́ (*vovčá), волча́ (volčá)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: вовча́ (vovčá)
      • Ukrainian: вовча́ (vovčá)
        • ⇒ Ukrainian: вовча́тко (vovčátko)
    • Russian: волча́ (volčá)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: вълче́ (vǎlčé)
  • Macedonian: волче (volče)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: вуче

    Latin script: vuče

  • Slovene: vȏlče (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: vlče
  • Kashubian: wilczã, wôłczã
  • Polish: wilczę
    • ⇒ Polish: wilczątko
  • Slovak: vĺča