Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pǫgy

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

Contested.

Perhaps, related to *pǫčiti (“to swell”). Vasmer compares it with Latvian poga (“knob”), while Persson relates it to *pǫkъ (“wisp”).

Less likely - borrowed from Proto-Germanic *pungaz (“purse”).

Noun

*pǫgy f

  1. knob, button

Declension

Declension of *pǫgy (hard v-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *pǫgy *pǫgъvi *pǫgъvi
genitive *pǫgъve *pǫgъvu *pǫgъvъ
dative *pǫgъvi *pǫgъvьma, *pǫgъvama* *pǫgъvьmъ, *pǫgъvamъ*
accusative *pǫgъvь *pǫgъvi *pǫgъvi
instrumental *pǫgъvьjǫ, *pǫgъvľǫ** *pǫgъvьma, *pǫgъvama* *pǫgъvьmi, *pǫgъvami*
locative *pǫgъve *pǫgъvu *pǫgъvьxъ, *pǫgъvaxъ*
vocative *pǫgy *pǫgъvi *pǫgъvi

* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
** 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: пѫгꙑ (pǫgy), пѫгъвь (pǫgŭvĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: пѫгꙑ (pǫgy)
    • ⇒ Slovene: рọ̑gliса (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “пу́говица”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.