Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/aga

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

*aga (sense 1)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓˀgāˀ, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógeh₂. Possible cognates include Proto-Celtic *agrinyos (“sloe, small plum, berry”), Tocharian B oko (“fruit”), Proto-Germanic *akraną (“fruit”).

Evidenced by derived term(s) only.

Noun

*àga f

2. berry, small fruit
   1. → (figuratively) cheek

Inflection

Declension of *aga (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*aga	*adzě	*agy
genitive	*agy	*agu	*agъ
dative	*adzě	*agama	*agamъ
accusative	*agǫ	*adzě	*agy
instrumental	*agojǫ, *agǫ**	*agama	*agami
locative	*adzě	*agu	*agasъ, *agaxъ*
vocative	*ago	*adzě	*agy

^* -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

nouns

• *vīňàga f (“grape”, uncertain)
• *àgoda f (“berry; cheek”)

 

Further reading

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “ягода”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ягода”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 773, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 773
• Derksen, Rick (2015) “uoga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 480