Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/luska

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *lou(ʔ)skaʔ, equivalent to *luskati +‎ *-a. Baltic cognates include Latvian làuskas (“flake, dandruff”).

Noun

*luska f

peel, shell, pod, scale

Inflection

Declension of *luska (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*luska	*luscě	*lusky
Accusative	*luskǫ	*luscě	*lusky
Genitive	*lusky	*lusku	*luskъ
Locative	*luscě	*lusku	luskasъ, luskaxъ^*
Dative	*luscě	*luskama	*luskamъ
Instrumental	luskojǫ, luskǫ^**	*luskama	*luskami
Vocative	*lusko	*luscě	*lusky

^* -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).

Related terms

*luskъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: лꙋска (luska)
  - Belarusian: луска́ (luská)
  - Russian: луска́ (luská)
  - Ukrainian: луска́ (luská)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  - Church Slavonic: лоуска (luska)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: љу̏ска
  
  Latin: ljȕska
  - Chakavian (Orbanići): lūskȁ
- Slovene: luska
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: luska
  - Czech: luska (obsolete)
- Old Polish: łuska
  - Polish: łuska
- Slovak: luska (dialectal)
- Slovincian: łëska
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: łuska

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*luska”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 291
Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1990), “*luska”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 16, Moscow: Nauka, page 188
Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “луска́”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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