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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫty

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
*ǫ̀ty

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ánˀtō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts (“duck”). Cognate with Latin anas, Proto-Germanic *anadz (whence English ennet).

Noun

*ǫ̀ty f[1][2][3]

  1. duck
    Synonyms: *kačьka, *patica, *manica, *putъka, *šatъka

Inflection
Declension of *ǫty (v-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *ǫty *ǫ̀tъvi *ǫ̀tъvi
Accusative *ǫ̀tъvь *ǫ̀tъvi *ǫ̀tъvi
Genitive *ǫ̀tъve *ǫ̀tъvu *ǫ̀tъvъ
Locative *ǫ̀tъve *ǫ̀tъvu *ǫ̀tъvьxъ, *ǫ̀tъvaxъ*
Dative *ǫ̀tъvi *ǫ̀tъvьma, *ǫ̀tъvama* *ǫ̀tъvьmъ, *ǫ̀tъvamъ*
Instrumental *ǫ̀tъvьjǫ, *ǫ̀tъvľǭ** *ǫ̀tъvьma, *ǫ̀tъvama* *ǫ̀tъvьmī, *ǫ̀tъvamī*
Vocative *ǫty *ǫ̀tъvi *ǫ̀tъvi
* -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).
  • *ǫtь (“duck”)
    • *ǫtę (“duckling”)
      • *ǫtenъkъ (“duckling”) (diminutive, East Slavic)
      • *ǫtęťь (“duck-related”) (East Slavic)
    • *ǫtica, *ǫtъka (“duck”) (diminutive)
    • *ǫtìnъ (“duck-related”) (East Slavic)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: оу́тꙑ (úty, “wild duck”)
      • Old Ruthenian: у́тва (útva)
        • Belarusian: ву́тва (vútva), вутва́ (vutvá) (dialectal)
        • Ukrainian: у́тва (útva)
      • Russian: утва́ pl (utvá, “ducks”) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: ѫтꙑ (ǫty)
      Glagolitic script: ⱘⱅⱏⰹ (ǫty)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: у̏тва (“wild duck”)
      Latin script: ȕtva (“wild duck”)
    • Slovene: ọ̑tva (“wild duck”)

Further reading

References
  1. 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’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “ǫty”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a and (PR 133)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “raca”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “pslovan. *ǫ̋ty”
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