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

From *aščerъ +‎ *-ъka.

Noun

*aščerъka f

1. 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

• *aščelь
• *aščerь

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *ꙗщеръка (*jaščerŭka)
    • Old Ruthenian: ящорка (jaščorka), ящерка (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
  • Old Slovak: jašterka
    • Pannonian Rusyn: ящурка (jaščurka)
    • Slovak: (dialectal) jaśčurka

• → Yiddish: יאַשטשערקע (yashtsherke)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “я́щерица”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress