Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/volga

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wálˀgāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *wolg-eh₂, from *welg- (“moist; wet”). Cognate with Albanian lagë (“moisture”), Latvian pa-val̃ga, Lithuanian pa-valgà, Old Prussian welgen, Proto-Germanic *wulkaną.

Noun

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*vòlga f[1][2][3]

  1. moisture

Inflection

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Declension of *vòlga (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *vòlga *vòldzě *vòlgy
genitive *vòlgy *vòlgu *vòlgъ
dative *vòldzě *vòlgama *vòlgamъ
accusative *vòlgǫ *vòldzě *vòlgy
instrumental *vòlgojǫ, *vòlgǭ** *vòlgama *vòlgamī
locative *vòldzě *vòlgu *vòlgasъ, *vòlgaxъ*
vocative *vòlgo *vòldzě *vòlgy
* -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).

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vòlga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 524: “f. ā (a) ‘moisture, liquid food’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “volga”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132)”
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “vlága”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *vőlga”
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