Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫty
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).
Noun
*ǫty f[1]
Inflection
Declension of *ǫty (hard v-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *ǫty | *ǫtъvi | *ǫtъvi |
genitive | *ǫtъve | *ǫtъvu | *ǫtъvъ |
dative | *ǫtъvi | *ǫtъvьma, *ǫtъvama* | *ǫtъvьmъ, *ǫtъvamъ* |
accusative | *ǫtъvь | *ǫtъvi | *ǫtъvi |
instrumental | *ǫtъvьjǫ, *ǫtъvľǫ** | *ǫtъvьma, *ǫtъvama* | *ǫtъvьmi, *ǫtъvami* |
locative | *ǫtъve | *ǫtъvu | *ǫtъvьxъ, *ǫtъvaxъ* |
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
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: ѫты (ǫty)
- Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=. (literary)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “у́тка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 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, →ISSN, page 387: “f. ū ‘duck’”