Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/aščerъka

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

Alternative forms

*ěščerъka, *jaščerъka

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *aščerъ

Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ъka

Proto-Slavic *aščerъka

From *aščerъ + *-ъka.

Noun

*aščerъka f

feminine of *aščerъ (“lizard, salamander”)
Synonym: *aščerica

Inflection

Declension of *aščerъka (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*aščerъka	*aščerъcě	*aščerъky
genitive	*aščerъky	*aščerъku	*aščerъkъ
dative	*aščerъcě	*aščerъkama	*aščerъkamъ
accusative	*aščerъkǫ	*aščerъcě	*aščerъky
instrumental	aščerъkojǫ, aščerъkǫ^**	*aščerъkama	*aščerъkami
locative	*aščerъcě	*aščerъku	aščerъkasъ, aščerъkaxъ^*
vocative	*aščerъko	*aščerъcě	*aščerъky

^* -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).

Related terms

nouns

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *ꙗщеръка (*jaščerŭka)
  - Old Ruthenian: ꙗщорка (jaščorka), ꙗщерка (jaščerka)
    - Belarusian: я́шчарка (jáščarka)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: я́щурка (jáščurka)
    - Ukrainian: я́щірка (jáščirka)
  - Russian: я́щерка (jáščerka)
West Slavic:
- Czech: ještěrka
- Old Polish: jaszczórka, jeszczórka
  - Polish: jaszczurka
  - Silesian: lŏszczurka
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: wieszczórka
- Old Slovak: jašterka
  - Pannonian Rusyn: ящурка (jaščurka)
  - Slovak: (dialectal) jaśčurka

→ Yiddish: יאַשטשערקע (yashtsherke)