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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vъšь

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

Uncertain, possibly ultimately connected with Proto-Germanic *lūs, Pokorny deriving both from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“louse”).[1]

Possibly related to Baltic *ut-, cf. Lithuanian utėlė̃, utìs, Latvian uts. Compare also Lithuanian vievesà. The forms may have been distorted because of linguistic taboos.

Noun

*vъ̏šь f[2]

  1. louse

Inflection
Declension of *vъ̏šь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *vъ̏šь *vъ̏ši *vъ̏ši
Accusative *vъ̏šь *vъ̏ši *vъ̏ši
Genitive *vъší *vъšьjù, *vъšu* *vъšь̀jь
Locative *vъší *vъšьjù, *vъšu* *vъ̏šьxъ
Dative *vъ̏ši *vъšьmà *vъ̏šьmъ
Instrumental *vъšьjǫ́ *vъšьmà *vъšьmì
Vocative *vъši *vъ̏ši *vъ̏ši
* 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: въшь (vŭšĭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 692
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vъ̑šь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 532
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