Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ulica

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 *ula +‎ *-ica, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *aul-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlós (“hollowed-out object, pipe”).[1]

    Baltic cognates include Old Prussian aulis (“shin”).

    Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek αὐλός (aulós, “pipe, flute”), αὐλών (aulṓn, “hollow, channel, strait”), Westphalian Low German Aul, Ool (“ground, especially where pigs root”), Old Armenian ուղի (ułi, “road, way, route; journey; passage”).

    It may be a cognate of Latvian iela and Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ).

    Noun

    *ùlica f[1]

    1. passage
    2. street

    Inflection

    Declension of *úlica (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *úlica *ùlici *ùlicę̇
    genitive *ùlicę̇ *ùlicu *ùlicь
    dative *ùlicī *ùlicama *ùlicāmъ
    accusative *ùlicǫ *ùlici *ùlicę̇
    instrumental *ùlicējǫ, *ùlicǭ* *ùlicama *ùlicāmī
    locative *ùlicī *ùlicu *ùlicāsъ
    vocative *ùlice *ùlici *ùlicę̇

    * 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:
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*úlica”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “улица”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Franz Miklosich (1862–1865), “оулица”, in Lexicon Palaeoslovenico-Graeco-Latinum emendatum auctum, Vienna: Guilelmus Braumueller, page 1049
    • Dočkalová, Lenka; Blažek, Václav (2011), “On Indo-European roads”, in The Journal of Indo-European Studies‎[1], volume 39, number 3/4, page 305 of 299–341
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