< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rozga
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(H)resg- (“to weave, to plait”). Cognates include Latin restis.
Noun
*rozga f
- twig, branch
Inflection
Declension of *rozga (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *rozga | *rozdzě | *rozgy |
| Accusative | *rozgǫ | *rozdzě | *rozgy |
| Genitive | *rozgy | *rozgu | *rozgъ |
| Locative | *rozdzě | *rozgu | *rozgasъ, *rozgaxъ* |
| Dative | *rozdzě | *rozgama | *rozgamъ |
| Instrumental | *rozgojǫ, *rozgǫ** | *rozgama | *rozgami |
| Vocative | *rozgo | *rozdzě | *rozgy |
* -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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: ро́ска (róska)
- Russian: розга (rozga)
- Ukrainian: рíзка (rízka)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: розга (rozga)
- Glagolitic: ⱃⱁⰸⰳⰰ (rozga)
- Bulgarian: розга́ (rozgá)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ро̏зга
- Latin: rozga
- Slovene: rọ̑zga (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: rózha
- Czech: růzhа
- Polabian: rǘzga
- Polish: rózga
- Slovak: rázga
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: rozga
- Old Czech: rózha
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “розга”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress