Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/juxa

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *jáušāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *yuHs- (“soup, broth”). Baltic cognates include Lithuanian jū́šė (“broth, soup”), Old Prussian juse (“soup”). Further cognates with Latin ius, Proto-Germanic *justaz, Sanskrit यूष (yūṣa).

Noun

*jūxà f

1. broth, soup

Declension

Declension of *jūxà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*jūxà	*jũśě	*jūxỳ
genitive	*jūxỳ	*jūxù	*jũxъ
dative	*jūśě̀	*jūxàma	*jūxàmъ
accusative	*jūxǫ̀	*jũśě	*jūxỳ
instrumental	*jūxòjǫ, *jũxǫ**	*jūxàma	*jūxàmī
locative	*jūśě̀	*jūxù	*jūxàsъ, *jūxàxъ*
vocative	*juxo	*jũśě	*jūxỳ

^* -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

• *jušьka (“sauce”) (West Slavic)

Related terms

• *juti (“to squash, to thaw”)
  • *jutьje
• *juťь, *juťьnъ (“gullet, oesophagus”) (probably)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: оуха (uxa)
    • Russian: уха́ (uxá)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: юха́ (juhá), юва́ (juvá, “brine”)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ју́ха

    Latin script: júha

  • Slovene: júhа (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: júcha
    • Czech: jícha
  • Old Polish: jucha (“decoction”)
    • Polish: jucha (“blood of animal”)
      • → Belarusian: юха́ (juxá)
      • → Ukrainian: юха́ (juxá)
  • Slovak: jucha
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: jucha
    • Upper Sorbian: jucha

• Non-Slavic:
  • → German: Jauche

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “уха́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*juxa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 193