Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščuka

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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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Further etymology is unknown. Some linguists suggest origin from Proto-Indo-European *skew-, with determinative *-k-.[1][2] However compare with the Polish name for the pike, newly formed in the 17th-century, szczupak, derived from szczupać (to pinch), by comparison with which one derives *ščuka too as deverbal from *ščukati (to pinch) – named after the fish’s predatory behaviour.[3] Probably also related to Proto-Finnic *hauki, which may be borrowed from Slavic, or both words may originate from a substrate.

Noun

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*ščùka f[4]

  1. pike (fish)

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “щу́ка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. ^ Toporov, Vladimir N., Trubachyov, Oleg N. (1962) Lingvisticheskiy analiz gidronimov Verkhnego Podneprovya[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Publishing house of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, page 246
  3. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “Proto-Slavic/ščuka”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 599
  4. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “ščuka”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[2], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (PR 132; RPT 109)