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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/volga
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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
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wálˀgāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *wolg-eh₂, from *welg- (“moist; wet”). Cognate with Albanian lagë (“moisture”), Latvian pa-val̃ga, Lithuanian pa-valgà, Old Prussian welgen, Proto-Germanic *wulkaną.
Inflection
Declension of *vòlga (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vòlga | *vòldzě | *vòlgy |
| genitive | *vòlgy | *vòlgu | *vòlgъ |
| dative | *vòldzě | *vòlgama | *vòlgamъ |
| accusative | *vòlgǫ | *vòldzě | *vòlgy |
| instrumental | *vòlgojǫ, *vòlgǭ** | *vòlgama | *vòlgamī |
| locative | *vòldzě | *vòlgu | *vòlgasъ, *vòlgaxъ* |
| vocative | *vòlgo | *vòldzě | *vòlgy |
* -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).
** 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).
Derived terms
- *volžiti
- *obolžiti
Descendants
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “волога”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vòlga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 524: “f. ā (a) ‘moisture, liquid food’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001) “volga”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132)”
- Snoj, Marko (2016) “vlága”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *vőlga”
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