Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьkra

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 ikri, Lithuanian ìkras.

Noun

*jьkra f

1. row, spawn, calf

Declension

Declension of *jьkrà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*jьkrà	*jь̏krě	*jь̏kry
genitive	*jьkrý	*jьkrù	*jь̀krъ
dative	*jьkrě̀	*jьkràma	*jьkràmъ
accusative	*jь̏krǫ	*jь̏krě	*jь̏kry
instrumental	*jьkrojǫ́	*jьkràma	*jьkràmi
locative	*jь̏krě	*jьkrù	*jьkràsъ, *jьkràxъ*
vocative	*jьkro	*jь̏krě	*jь̏kry

^* -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.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: икра́ (ikrá)
  • Ukrainian: їкра́ (jikrá)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: и́кра (íkra)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: и̏кра

    Latin: ȉkra

  • Slovene: íkra
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: jikra
  • Polish: ikra
  • Slovak: jikra
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: jikra
• Other Languages:
  • Hungarian: ikra

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 210
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “икра́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress