Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/opsika

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

Etymology

From *opsa +‎ *-ika.

Noun

*opsika f

1. aspen

Declension

Declension of *opsika (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*opsika	*opsicě	*opsiky
genitive	*opsiky	*opsiku	*opsikъ
dative	*opsicě	*opsikama	*opsikamъ
accusative	*opsikǫ	*opsicě	*opsiky
instrumental	*opsikojǫ, *opsikǫ**	*opsikama	*opsikami
locative	*opsicě	*opsiku	*opsikasъ, *opsikaxъ*
vocative	*opsiko	*opsicě	*opsiky

^* -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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *осика (*osika)
    • Old Ruthenian: *осика (*osika)
      • Ukrainian: оси́ка (osýka)
    • Russian: осика (osika) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: оси́ка (osíka) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: јасика (jasika)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: јасика

    Latin script: jasika

  • Slovene: jasíka, jesíka (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • >? Kashubian: òska
  • Old Czech: osika
    • Czech: osika
  • Old Polish: osika
    • Polish: osika
    • Silesian: ôsika
  • Old Slovak: osika
    • Slovak: osika