Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rodъ

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 *radas, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”). Cognate with Latvian rads (“birth, kin, sex, sort”) and English root.

Noun

*rȍdъ m

1. genus, race, birth
2. kin, family, tribe, clan
3. kind
4. gender, sex
5. yield, harvest

Inflection

Declension of *rȍdъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rȍdъ	*rȍda	*rȍdi
genitive	*rȍda	*rodù	*ròdъ
dative	*rȍdu	*rodomà	*rodòmъ
accusative	*rȍdъ	*rȍda	*rȍdy
instrumental	*rȍdъmь, *rȍdomь*	*rodomà	*rodý
locative	*rȍdě	*rodù	*rodě̃xъ
vocative	*rode	*rȍda	*rȍdi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *narodъ

Related terms

• *roditi

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: родъ (rodŭ)
    • Belarusian: род (rod)
    • Russian: род (rod), родъ (rod) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
      • → Kildin Sami: ро̄дт (rōdt)
    • Ukrainian: рід (rid)
    • → Finnish: rotu

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: родъ (rodŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱃⱁⰴⱏ (rodŭ)

  • Bulgarian: род (rod)
  • Macedonian: род (rod)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: род

    Latin script: rȏd

  • Slovene: ród

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: rod
  • Polish: ród
  • Slovak: rod
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: rod
    • Upper Sorbian: ród

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Romanian: rod