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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/aščerъka

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

Alternative forms
  • *ěščerъka, *jaščerъka

Etymology

From *aščerъ +‎ *-ъka.

Noun

*aščerъka f

  1. feminine of *aščerъ (“lizard, salamander”)
    Synonym: *aščerica

Inflection
Declension of *aščerъka (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *aščerъka *aščerъcě *aščerъky
genitive *aščerъky *aščerъku *aščerъkъ
dative *aščerъcě *aščerъkama *aščerъkamъ
accusative *aščerъkǫ *aščerъcě *aščerъky
instrumental *aščerъkojǫ, *aščerъkǫ** *aščerъkama *aščerъkami
locative *aščerъcě *aščerъku *aščerъkasъ, *aščerъkaxъ*
vocative *aščerъko *aščerъcě *aščerъky
* -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).
nouns
  • *aščelь
  • *aščerь

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *ꙗщеръка (*jaščerŭka)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “я́щерица”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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