Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obvolčьka

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

  • *obvolčьkъ

Etymology

By surface analysis, *obvolka +‎ *-ьka, from *obelťi, from *ob- +‎ *velťi.

Noun

*obvolčьka f[1]

  1. cover, envelope

Inflection

Declension of *obvolčьka (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *obvolčьka *obvolčьcě *obvolčьky
genitive *obvolčьky *obvolčьku *obvolčьkъ
dative *obvolčьcě *obvolčьkama *obvolčьkamъ
accusative *obvolčьkǫ *obvolčьcě *obvolčьky
instrumental *obvolčьkojǫ, *obvolčьkǫ** *obvolčьkama *obvolčьkami
locative *obvolčьcě *obvolčьku *obvolčьkasъ, *obvolčьkaxъ*
vocative *obvolčьko *obvolčьcě *obvolčьky

* -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:
    • Russian: оболо́чка (obolóčka)
    • Ukrainian: аболо́чка (abolóčka) (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:
From *obvolčьkъ
  • West Slavic
    • Polish: obłóczek
    • Slovak: oblôček, oblôčok (dialectal)

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*obvolčьka I/*obvolčьkъ I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 31 (*obvelčenьje – *obžьniviny), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 80