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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/viňaga

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

*vīňàga

Etymology

Unclear. Usually interpreted as *vīnò (vine) + *àga (berry), for similar compunds compare Lithuanian vỹnuogė, Proto-Germanic *wīnabasją. However, prothetic -j- suggests late, maybe even post-Proto-Slavic etymology. On the other hand, *àga has been displaced by *àgoda and is unattested, which makes late creation problematic.

Alternatively from *vīnò + *-jaga or back-formation from *vīňàgoda.

Accentological notes

According to the Bulakhovsky’s rule, “before what was a word-medial pre-tonal acute long vowel, Proto-Slavic long vowels were shortened.”,[1] it is necessary to reconstruct the form as *viňàga. However, apparently, this rule of classical accentology is not used by Rick Derksen, cf. *sǭdìti. A long vowel is restored by deduction from *vīnò.

Noun

*viňàga or *vīňàga f[2]

  1. (South Slavic) grape

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • >? Russian: виня́га (vinjága, willow) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Church Slavonic: винꙗга (vinjaga) (Serbian recension)
    • Bulgarian: виня́га (vinjága)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Latin: vìnjaga
      Cyrillic: вѝњага
    • Slovene: vinjágа (tonal orthography)

Further reading

References

  1. Dybo, Vladimir A. (2000) Морфонологизованные парадигматические акцентные системы: Типология и генезис [Morphophonologized paradigmatic accent systems: Typology and genesis] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Языки русской культуры, →ISBN, page 84
  2. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), agoda”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, page 152
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