Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)sьca

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 *o(b)sьcati +‎ *-a, from *sьcati (to piss).

Noun

*o(b)sьca f[1]

  1. skin disease accompanied by severe itching
  2. saliva, spittle
Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *seykʷ- (0 c, 10 e)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *осьца (*osĭca), восьца (vosĭca)
      • Old Ruthenian: *осца (*osca)
        • Belarusian: асца́ (ascá)
      • Russian: восца́ (voscá), восса́ (vossá), восся́ (vossjá), асца́ (ascá), асса́ (assá) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: въсца́ (vǎscá)

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2003), “*obsьca”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 30 (*obsojьnikъ – *obvedьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 123