Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьvьlga

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

Cognates include Latvian vāluôdzе, Lithuanian volungė̃.

Noun

*jьvьlga f

1. oriole

Declension

Declension of *jьvьlga (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*jьvьlga	*jьvьldzě	*jьvьlgy
genitive	*jьvьlgy	*jьvьlgu	*jьvьlgъ
dative	*jьvьldzě	*jьvьlgama	*jьvьlgamъ
accusative	*jьvьlgǫ	*jьvьldzě	*jьvьlgy
instrumental	*jьvьlgojǫ, *jьvьlgǫ**	*jьvьlgama	*jьvьlgami
locative	*jьvьldzě	*jьvьlgu	*jьvьlgasъ, *jьvьlgaxъ*
vocative	*jьvьlgo	*jьvьldzě	*jьvьlgy

^* -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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: івалга (ivalha)
  • Russian: и́волга (ívolga)
  • Ukrainian: і́волга (ívolha)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: авлига (avliga)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: ву̏га

    Latin: [Term?]

  • Slovene: vóɫgа
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: vlhа
  • Polish: wilga

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 216
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “и́волга”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress