Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žuželica

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 *žùžeľь +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*žuželica f

  1. humming insect

Inflection

Declension of *žuželica (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *žuželica *žuželici *žuželicę̇
genitive *žuželicę̇ *žuželicu *žuželicь
dative *žuželici *žuželicama *žuželicamъ
accusative *žuželicǫ *žuželici *žuželicę̇
instrumental *žuželicejǫ, *žuželicǫ** *žuželicama *žuželicami
locative *žuželici *žuželicu *žuželicasъ, *žuželicaxъ*
vocative *žuželice *žuželici *žuželicę̇

* -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: жужелица (žuželica)
      • Old Ruthenian: жужелица (žuželica), жужелицꙗ (žuželicja), жюжелица (žjuželica) (dialectal)
        • Belarusian: жужалі́ца (žužalíca) (obsolete)
        • Ukrainian: жу́желиця (žúželycja)
      • Russian: жу́желица (žúželica)
  • West Slavic:
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: žuželica

Further reading

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