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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/okъša

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 reconstructions

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *akwisī, probably from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷsih₂, from *h₂eḱ-. Cognate with Old Norse øx, Gothic 𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌶𐌹 (aqizi), Old English æx, Proto-Samic *ākšōjō.

Noun

*okъša f[2]

  1. axe

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • ⇒ Old East Slavic: *окъшꙑ (*okŭšy), окъшьвь (okŭšĭvĭ) (< *okъšy)
      • Middle Russian: окшева (okševa), окошва (okošva), окшива (okšiva)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Polish: oksza
    • Pomeranian:
      • Slovincian: okša

References
  1. Vasmer, Max (1972) “окшевь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Муза – Сят), Moscow: Progress, page 132
  2. Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*okъša”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 49
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