Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šija
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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]Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Predominantly viewed as a proto-Slavic innovation from *šiti (“to sew, to stitch”) + *-ja, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁-. Originally meaning either:
In the past, had been speculated to have relation to Latin sinus.
Noun
[edit]Declension
[edit]Declension of *šìja (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *šìja | *šìji | *šìję̇ |
| genitive | *šìję̇ | *šìju | *šìjь |
| dative | *šìjī | *šìjama | *šìjāmъ |
| accusative | *šìjǫ | *šìji | *šìję̇ |
| instrumental | *šìjējǫ, *šìjǭ* | *šìjama | *šìjāmī |
| locative | *šìjī | *šìju | *šìjāsъ |
| vocative | *šìje | *šìji | *šìję̇ |
* 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).
Derived terms
[edit]- *šijьka (diminutive)
- *šijьnъ
- *šijьnikъ, *našijьnikъ (“collar”)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ше́я”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Verweij, Arno (1994) “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)[2], volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., pages 511, 513
References
[edit]- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “šija”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132; RPT 109)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “šija”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *s'i̋ja”