Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/elьxa

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

Doublet of *olьxa, with e-anlaut (see Rozwadowski's rule).

Noun

*elьxa f[1]

  1. alternative form of *olьxa (“alder”)

Declension

Declension of *elьxa (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *elьxa *elьśě *elьxy
genitive *elьxy *elьxu *elьxъ
dative *elьśě *elьxama *elьxamъ
accusative *elьxǫ *elьśě *elьxy
instrumental *elьxojǫ, *elьxǫ** *elьxama *elьxami
locative *elьśě *elьxu *elьxasъ, *elьxaxъ*
vocative *elьxo *elьśě *elьxy

* -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

  • South Slavic:
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: елша́ (elšá), елха́ (elhá, “Christmas tree”)
    • Macedonian: евла (evla)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: јо́ха, јо́ва
      Latin script: jóha, jóva
    • ⇒ Slovene: jẹ́łša (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “jelša”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *jelьša̋, *olьša̋”
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