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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ęzykъ

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 Early Proto-Slavic *inzū́˙ku,[1] from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. By surface analysis, **ęzy +‎ *-kъ.

Noun

*ęzỳkъ m[2][3]

  1. tongue
    *dь̀lgъ ęzỳkъ ― big mouth, long-tongued
    *zъlъ ęzỳkъ ― wicked tongue, carping tongue
    *ęzỳci ogňì, *ęzỳci pòlmene ― tongues of fire
    *dьržati ęzỳkъ za zǫby ― keep one's lips sealed, hold one's tongue
    *mèlti ęzỳkъmь ― to expatiate, to spout, to rant (to speak tediously and at length)
  2. language

Inflection
Declension of *ęzỳkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *ęzỳkъ *ęzỳka *ęzỳci
genitive *ęzỳka *ęzỳku *ęzỳkъ
dative *ęzỳku *ęzỳkoma *ęzỳkomъ
accusative *ęzỳkъ *ęzỳka *ęzỳky
instrumental *ęzỳkъmь, *ęzỳkomь* *ęzỳkoma *ęzỳkȳ
locative *ęzỳcě *ęzỳku *ęzỳcě̄xъ
vocative *ęzỳče *ęzỳka *ęzỳci
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *ęzyčiti
  • *ęzyčьcь
  • *ęzyčьkъ
  • *ęzyčьnica
  • *ęzyčьnikъ
  • *ęzyčьnъ
  • *ęzyčьskъ
  • *ęzykati
  • *ęzykovati
  • *ęzykovъ

Descendants

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “язык”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “язык”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 467
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ęzykъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 74
  • Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1991), “ęzykъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 6 (e! – ěždžь), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN

References
  1. Klotz, Emanuel (2017) “inzū̱˙ku”, in Urslawisches Wörterbuch [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in German), 1st edition, Wien: Facultas, →ISBN, page 118
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ęzỳkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 159: “m. o (a) ‘tongue, language’”
  3. Olander, Thomas (2001) “językъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 187; PR 132)”
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