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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ga

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

The suffix is one of several similar suffixes, namely *-ba, *-da, which formed derivative nouns from verbal or nominal roots. When attached to nouns or adjectives, it got compounded to the primal suffix of the stem, extending it into *-ьdza for i-stem roots or -oga for o-stem roots.

Ultimately, the suffix descends from Proto-Indo-European *-gʰo-, *-gʰeh₂. Encountered in Lithuanian stógas (“build”)[1] = Lithuanian stóti (“to stand”) + -gas and analogous with Proto-Germanic *-gô (e.g. *frauþaz (“jumper”) → *fruþgô (“frog”)).

Suffix 1

*-ga f

  1. Deverbative, forming abstract nouns.
    Synonyms: *-ьba, *-ьda, *-tva, *-ežь
    *strujiti (“to stream”) → *struga (“wave front”)
    *sluti (“to be called, to utter”) → *sluga (“servant”)
    *derti (“to tear”) → *dorga (“road”)
  2. Denominal, forming attributive nouns.
    *gobь (“share, wealth”) → *gobьdzъ (“fortune”), *gobьdza (“abundance”)

Declension

Alternative forms

  • *-gъ m, *-go n
Derived suffixes

Suffix 2

*-gъ

  1. From basic root stems, forming attributional adjectives
    Synonyms: *-bъ, *-dъ
    *dьliti (“to prolong”) → *dьlgъ (“long”)
    *duti (“to blow, to swell”) → *dužь (“strong”) (with yo-declension)
    *dorti (“to peel, to pluck”) → *dorgъ (“dear”)

Declension

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: -га (-ga)
      • Belarusian: -га (-ha)
      • Russian: -га (-ga)
      • Ukrainian: -га (-ha)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: -га (-ga)
      Glagolitic: -ⰳⰰ (-ga)
    • Bulgarian: -га (-ga)
    • Macedonian: -га (-ga)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: -га
      Latin: -ga
    • Slovene: -ga
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: -ha
    • Polish: -ga
    • Slovak: -ha
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: -ha
      • Lower Sorbian: -ha

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2015), “*stogas II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 429
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