Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žukъ

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

Ultimately onomatopoeic.

Noun

*žukъ m

1. beetle (insect)

Declension

Declension of *žukъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*žukъ	*žuka	*žuci
genitive	*žuka	*žuku	*žukъ
dative	*žuku	*žukoma	*žukomъ
accusative	*žukъ	*žuka	*žuky
instrumental	*žukъmь, *žukomь*	*žukoma	*žuky
locative	*žucě	*žuku	*žucěxъ
vocative	*žuče	*žuka	*žuci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: жукъ (žukŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: жукъ (žuk)
      • Belarusian: жук (žuk)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: жук (žuk)
      • Ukrainian: жук (žuk), джук (džuk)
    • Russian: жук (žuk)
• West Slavic:
  • ⇒ Czech: žukat
  • Polabian: zauk
  • Polish: żuk
  • Sorbian:

    Upper Sorbian: žuk

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жук”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress