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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫty
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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-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts. Baltic cognates inclde Lithuanian ántis, Old Prussian antis. Further cognates with Ancient Greek νῆττα (nêtta), Latin anas, Old High German anut, Sanskrit आति (ātí).
Inflection
Declension of *ǫty (v-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *ǫty | *ǫtъvi | *ǫtъvi |
| Accusative | *ǫtъvь | *ǫtъvi | *ǫtъvi |
| Genitive | *ǫtъve | *ǫtъvu | *ǫtъvъ |
| Locative | *ǫtъve | *ǫtъvu | *ǫtъvьxъ, *ǫtъvaxъ* |
| Dative | *ǫtъvi | *ǫtъvьma, *ǫtъvama* | *ǫtъvьmъ, *ǫtъvamъ* |
| Instrumental | *ǫtъvьjǫ, *ǫtъvľǫ** | *ǫtъvьma, *ǫtъvama* | *ǫtъvьmi, *ǫtъvami* |
| Vocative | *ǫty | *ǫtъvi | *ǫtъvi |
* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
** 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).
** 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).
Alternative reconstructions
- *ǫtь
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: ѫты (ǫty)
- Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: у̏тва
- Latin: ȕtva
- Slovene: otvа (“wild duck”) (literary)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: huśe (“duckling”), huśica (“duck”)
- Sorbian:
Further reading
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “у́тка”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ǫty”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 387: “f. ū ‘duck’”
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