утва

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic оу́тꙑ (úty), from Proto-Slavic *ǫ̀ty from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ánˀtō from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts. Cognate with Russian утва́ (utvá).

Noun

у́тва • (transliteration needed) f anim

duck

Descendants

Belarusian: ву́тва (vútva), вутва́ (vutvá) (dialectal)
Ukrainian: у́тва (útva)

Further reading

Bulyka, A. M., editor (2015), “утва”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 35 (уморати – фолдровый), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 233

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