Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьlčę

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

*vьlčę̀

Etymology

From *vь̑lkъ (“wolf”) +‎ *-ę.

Noun

*vьlčę̀ n[1]

wolf cub

Declension

Declension of *vьlčę̀ (nt-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vьlčę̀	*vьlčę̀ti	*vьlčę̀tā
genitive	*vьlčę̀te	*vьlčę̀tu	*vьlčę̀tъ
dative	*vьlčę̀ti	*vьlčę̀tьma	*vьlčę̀tьmъ
accusative	*vьlčę̀	*vьlčę̀ti	*vьlčę̀tā
instrumental	*vьlčę̀tьmь	*vьlčę̀tьma	*vьlčę̀tȳ
locative	*vьlčę̀te	*vьlčę̀tu	*vьlčę̀tьxъ
vocative	*vьlčę̀	*vьlčę̀ti	*vьlčę̀tā

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *вълчѧ (*vŭlčę)
  - Old Ruthenian: *вовча́ (*vovčá), волча́ (volčá)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: вовча́ (vovčá)
    - Ukrainian: вовча́ (vovčá)
      - ⇒ Ukrainian: вовча́тко (vovčátko)
  - Russian: волча́ (volčá)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: вълче́ (vǎlčé)
- Macedonian: волче (volče)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: вуче
  
  Latin script: vuče
- Slovene: vȏlče (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: vlče
- Kashubian: wilczã, wôłczã
- Polish: wilczę
  - ⇒ Polish: wilczątko
- Slovak: vĺča

References

Anikin, A. E. (2014) “волча́”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 8 (во – вран), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 194: “< *vьlčę, мн. *vьlčęta ― < *vʹlčę, mn. *vʹlčęta”

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[1] Anikin, A. E. (2014) “волча́”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 8 (во – вран), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 194: “< *vьlčę, мн. *vьlčęta ― < *vʹlčę, mn. *vʹlčęta”