Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dъťi

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 *duktḗ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr.

Noun

*dъ̏ťi f

1. daughter

Inflection

Declension of *dъ̏ťi (r-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dъ̏ťi	*dъ̏ťeri	*dъ̏ťeri
genitive	*dъ̏ťere	*dъťerù	*dъťèrъ
dative	*dъ̏ťeri	*dъťerьmà	*dъťèrьmъ
accusative	*dъ̏ťerь	*dъ̏ťeri	*dъ̏ťeri
instrumental	*dъťerьjǫ́	*dъťerьmà	*dъťerьmì
locative	*dъ̏ťere	*dъťerù	*dъťèrьxъ
vocative	*dъ̏ťi	*dъ̏ťeri	*dъ̏ťeri

See also

Proto-Slavic family terms

*sěmьja, *rodina (“family”)	Male	Female
parent	*otъ, *otьcь (“father”) nursery: *tata	*mati (“mother”) nursery: *mama
sibling	*bratrъ (“brother”)	*sestra (“sister”)
child	*synъ (“son”)	*dъťi (“daughter”)
grandparent	– (“grandfather”) nursery: *dědъ; *nana	*ova (“grandmother”) nursery: *baba; *nena
grandchild	*vъnukъ (“grandson”)	*vъnuka (“granddaughter”)
stepparent	*otьčimъ (“stepfather”)	*maťexa (“stepmother”)
stepchild	*pastorъkъ (“stepson”)	*pastorъka (“stepdaughter”)
father's sibling	*strъjь (“paternal uncle”) nursery: *dada; *lola	– (“paternal aunt”) nursery: *teta; *lelja
mother's sibling	*ujь (“maternal uncle”) nursery: *dada; *lola	– (“maternal aunt”) nursery: *teta; *lelja
sibling's child	*netьjь (“nephew”)	*nestera (“niece”)
spouse	*mǫžь (“husband”)	*žena (“wife”)
parent of wife	*tьstь (“father-in-law (wife's father)”)	*tьšča (“mother-in-law (wife's mother)”)
parent of husband	*svekrъ (“father-in-law (husband's father)”)	*svekry (“mother-in-law (husband's father)”)
sibling of wife	*šurь (“brother-in-law (wife's brother)”)	*svěstь, *svьstь (“sister-in-law (wife's sister)”)
sibling of husband	*děverь (“brother-in-law (husband's brother)”)	*zъly (“sister-in-law (husband's sister)”)
spouse of child	*zętь (“son-in-law (daughter's husband)”)	*snъxa (“daughter-in-law (son's wife)”)
spouse of husband's brother	–	*ętry (“sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)”)

Derived terms

• *dъťьka

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: дъчи (dŭči), дочи (doči), дчи (dči)
    • Old Ruthenian: дочъ (doč)
      • Ukrainian: дочка (dočka), донька (donʹka)
    • Russian: дочь (dočʹ); до́чи́ (dóčí) (dialectal)
  • Old Novgorodian: дъци (dŭci), доци (doci)
    • → Russian: доци́ (docí) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: дъщи (dŭšti)

    Glagolitic script: ⰴⱏⱋⰻ (dŭšti)

    • → Russian: дщерь (dščerʹ)
  • Bulgarian: дъщеря́ (dǎšterjá), ще́рка (štérka)
  • Macedonian: ќерка (ḱerka)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic script: кћȇрка, ћȇрка, кћи̑, ћи̑, кће̑р, ће̑р, хћи, хћeр
    • Latin: kćȇrka, ćȇrka,kćȋ, ćȋ, kćȇr, ćȇr, hći, hćer
  • Slovene: hčȋ (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: dci, dceř, dcera
    • Czech: dcera
      • → Silesian: cera
    • → Old Polish: dca
  • Kashubian: córa, córka
  • Old Polish: córa
    • Polish: córa
  • Slovak: dcéra, dcérka

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dъ̏kťi”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 178