Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/noga

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 *nagā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nṓgʰs. Cognate with Latgalian nogs, Latvian nags, Lithuanian nagas, naga, Old Prussian nage.

    Noun

    *nogà f[1]

    1. foot, leg
      Synonym: *korkъ

    Declension

    Declension of *nogà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *nogà *nȍdzě *nȍgy
    genitive *nogý *nogù *nògъ
    dative *nodzě̀ *nogàma *nogàmъ
    accusative *nȍgǫ *nȍdzě *nȍgy
    instrumental *nogojǫ́ *nogàma *nogàmi
    locative *nȍdzě *nogù *nogàsъ, *nogàxъ*
    vocative *nogo *nȍdzě *nȍgy

    * -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.

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: нога (noga)
        • Belarusian: нага́ (nahá)
        • Russian: нога́ (nogá)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: нога́ (nohá)
        • Ukrainian: нога́ (nohá)
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “нога́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*nogà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 354