Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žuka

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

Formed as *žuti (“to chew”) +‎ *-ka, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”).

Noun

*žuka f

1. Alternative form of *žuna

Inflection

Declension of *žuka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*žuka	*žucě	*žuky
genitive	*žuky	*žuku	*žukъ
dative	*žucě	*žukama	*žukamъ
accusative	*žukǫ	*žucě	*žuky
instrumental	*žukojǫ, *žukǫ**	*žukama	*žukami
locative	*žucě	*žuku	*žukasъ, *žukaxъ*
vocative	*žuko	*žucě	*žuky

^* -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).

Derived terms

• *žukati (“to gulp, to surp”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: жука (žuka), dial джука (džuka) (dialectal)
  • ⇒ Macedonian: џока (džoka, “to gulp”) (colloquial)
    • ⇒ Macedonian: џокало (džokalo, “mouth, buccal cavity”) (colloquial)

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жука”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 557