Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slǫka

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 *slankāˀ. Cognate with Latvian slùoka (“snipe”), Lithuanian slanka (“snipe”), Old Prussian slanke (“snipe”).

Noun

*slǫ̀ka f

snipe, woodcock

Declension

Declension of *slǫ̀ka (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*slǫ̀ka	*slǫ̀cě	*slǫ̀ky
Accusative	*slǫ̀kǫ	*slǫ̀cě	*slǫ̀ky
Genitive	*slǫ̀ky	*slǫ̀ku	*slǫ̀kъ
Locative	*slǫ̀cě	*slǫ̀ku	slǫ̀kasъ, slǫ̀kaxъ^*
Dative	*slǫ̀cě	*slǫ̀kama	*slǫ̀kamъ
Instrumental	slǫ̀kojǫ, slǫ̀kǭ^**	*slǫ̀kama	*slǫ̀kamī
Vocative	*slǫ̀ko	*slǫ̀cě	*slǫ̀ky

^* -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: слу́ка (slúka)
- Ukrainian: слу́ква (slúkva)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: шљу̏ка
  Latin: šljuka
- Slovene: sloka
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: sluka
  - Czech: sluka
- Polish: słonka
- Slovak: sluka

Non-Slavic:
- → Hungarian: szalonka

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*slǫ̀ka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 454
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “слу́ка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress