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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šija

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

Predominantly viewed as a proto-Slavic innovation from *šiti (“to sew, to stitch”) +‎ *-ja, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁-. Originally meaning either:

In the past, had been speculated to have relation to Latin sinus.

Noun

*šìja f[1][2]

  1. neck
    Synonyms: *vortъ, *kъrkъ, *vyja

Declension

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Derived terms
  • *šijьka (diminutive)
  • *šijьnъ
    • *šijьnikъ, *našijьnikъ (“collar”)
  • *šьvъ (“seam”)
    • *šьvica (“embroidery”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: шеꙗ (šeja), шиꙗ (šija)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: шиꙗ (šija)
      Glagolitic script: ⱎⰹⱑ (šiě)
    • Bulgarian: ши́я (šíja)
    • Macedonian: шија (šija)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ши̏ја
      Latin script: šȉja
    • Slovene: šíja
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ше́я”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Verweij, Arno (1994), “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎, volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 511, 513

References
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “šija”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132; RPT 109)”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), “šija”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *s'i̋ja”
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