Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nauka

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

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der.
Proto-Balto-Slavic *nō
Proto-Slavic *nader.
Proto-Slavic *na-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewk-der.
Proto-Balto-Slavic *auˀkīˀtei
Proto-Slavic *učiti
Proto-Slavic *naučiti
Proto-Slavic *nauka

    Deverbal from *naučiti, from *učiti (“to teach”).

    Noun

    *nauka f

    1. teaching, learning
    2. knowledge
    3. science

    Declension

    Declension of *nauka (hard a-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *nauka *naucě *nauky
    genitive *nauky *nauku *naukъ
    dative *naucě *naukama *naukamъ
    accusative *naukǫ *naucě *nauky
    instrumental *naukojǫ, *naukǫ** *naukama *naukami
    locative *naucě *nauku *naukasъ, *naukaxъ*
    vocative *nauko *naucě *nauky

    * -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:
      • Belarusian: наву́ка (navúka)
      • Russian: нау́ка (naúka)
      • Ukrainian: нау́ка (naúka)
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:

    Further reading

    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1996), “*nauka/*naukъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 23 (*narodьnъjь – *navijakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 195
    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “нау́ка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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