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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьlčica

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
*vьlčìca

Etymology
PIE word
*wl̥kʷíh₂s

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkī́ˀkāˀ, from *wilkī́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷíh₂s (“she-wolf”), from *wĺ̥kʷos (“wolf”).[1] By surface analysis, *vь̑lkъ (“wolf”) +‎ *-ica.

Cognate with Lithuanian vìlkė, Proto-Germanic *wulgī (whence Old Norse ylgr), also *wulbī (whence Old English wylf, Old Norse ylfa), Sanskrit वृकी (vṛkī́).

Noun

*vьlčìca f[2][3][1]

  1. she-wolf

Inflection
Declension of *vьlčica (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *vьlčica *vьlčici *vьlčicę̇
genitive *vьlčicę̇ *vьlčicu *vьlčicь
dative *vьlčici *vьlčicama *vьlčicamъ
accusative *vьlčicǫ *vьlčici *vьlčicę̇
instrumental *vьlčicejǫ, *vьlčicǫ** *vьlčicama *vьlčicami
locative *vьlčici *vьlčicu *vьlčicasъ, *vьlčicaxъ*
vocative *vьlčice *vьlčici *vьlčicę̇
* -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).

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вълчица (vŭlčica)
      • Old Ruthenian: вовчи́ца (vovčíca), волчи́ца (volčíca)
        • Belarusian: ваўчы́ца (vaŭčýca)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: вовчи́ця (vovčýcja)
        • Ukrainian: вовчи́ця (vovčýcja)
      • Middle Russian: волчи́ца (volčíca)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: вльчица (vlĭčica)
      Glagolitic script: ⰲⰾⱐⱍⰻⱌⰰ (vlĭčica)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ву̀чица
      Latin script: vùčica
    • Slovene: volčíca (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) “vilkė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 503: “BSL *wilkíˀ; PSL *vьlčìca f. jā ‘she-wolf’”
  2. Anikin, A. E. (2014) “волчи́ца”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 8 (во – вран), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 195: “прасл. *vьlčica ― prasl. *vʹlčica”
  3. Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1980), “ваўчы́ца”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 2 (ва – вяшчэ́ль), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 78: “прасл. *vьlčica ― prasl. *vʹlčica”

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964) “волчи́ца”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – Д), Moscow: Progress, page 346
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