Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/malьčikъ

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 *malьcь +‎ *-ikъ.

Noun

*malьčikъ m

1. boy
2. lad

Declension

Declension of *malьčikъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*malьčikъ	*malьčika	*malьčici
genitive	*malьčika	*malьčiku	*malьčikъ
dative	*malьčiku	*malьčikoma	*malьčikomъ
accusative	*malьčikъ	*malьčika	*malьčiky
instrumental	*malьčikъmь, *malьčikomь*	*malьčikoma	*malьčiky
locative	*malьčicě	*malьčiku	*malьčicěxъ
vocative	*malьčiče	*malьčika	*malьčici

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мальчикъ (malĭčikŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: *ма́льчикъ (*málʹčik)
      • Belarusian: ма́льчык (málʹčyk)
    • Russian: ма́льчик (málʹčik), (dialectal) ма́лчык (málčyk)
      • → English: malchick, malchik
      • →⇒ Yiddish: בויטשיק (boytshik)
        • → English: boychik
• South Slavic:
  • Old Serbo-Croatian: мальчикъ (malʹčik)

Further reading

• Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “мальчик”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1: (А – Начальство), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 491