Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫtь

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

*ǫtь

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ánˀtis, i-stem variant of Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts (“duck”).

Baltic cognates inclde Old Prussian antis, Lithuanian ántis (“duck”). Further cognates with Ancient Greek νῆττα (nêtta), Ossetian ацц (acc), Old Irish *āti, Sanskrit आति (ātí, “aquatic bird”).

Noun

*ǫtь f

(originally) wild duck
duck (mostly domestic)
Synonyms: *kačьka, *patica, *manica, *putъka, *šatъka

Declension

Declension of *ǫtь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*ǫtь	*ǫti	*ǫti
Accusative	*ǫtь	*ǫti	*ǫti
Genitive	*ǫti	ǫtьju, ǫťu^*	ǫtьjь, ǫti^*
Locative	*ǫti	ǫtьju, ǫťu^*	*ǫtьxъ
Dative	*ǫti	*ǫtьma	*ǫtьmъ
Instrumental	ǫtьjǫ, ǫťǫ^*	*ǫtьma	*ǫtьmi
Vocative	*ǫti	*ǫti	*ǫti

^* 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

*ǫtę (“duckling”)
- *ǫtenъkъ (“duckling”) (diminutive, East Slavic)
- *ǫtęťь (“duck-related”) (East Slavic)
*ǫtica, *ǫtъka (“duck”) (diminutive)
*ǫtìnъ (“duck-related”) (East Slavic)
*ǫty (“duck”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic:
  - Belarusian: уць (ucʹ, “duck”)
    - ⇒ Belarusian: ву́ці-ву́ці-ву́ці (vúci-vúci-vúci, “call the ducks”) (interjection)
  - Russian: уть m (utʹ, “drake”), уть f (utʹ, “duck”) (dialectal)
    - ⇒ Russian: Уть (Utʹ), Ути (Uti) (river name)
    - ⇒ Russian: у́ти-у́ти (úti-úti), у́ты-у́ты (úty-úty, “call the ducks”) (interjections)
  - ⇒ Ukrainian: ву́ть-ву́ть (vútʹ-vútʹ, “call the ducks”) (interjections)
South Slavic:
- >? Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ут (“call the ducks or poultry”) (interjections)
  
  Latin: ut (“call the ducks or poultry”) (interjections)