Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫtica

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

*ǫ̀tica

Etymology

Originally a diminutive form of *ǫtь (“duck”) +‎ *-ica (“diminutive suffix”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts (“duck”).

Noun

*ǫ̀tica f

1. duck

   Synonyms: *patica, *manica

Related terms

• *ǫtь (“duck”)
  • *ǫtę (“duckling”)
    • *ǫtenъkъ (“duckling”) (diminutive, East Slavic)
    • *ǫtęťь (“duck-related”) (East Slavic)
  • *ǫtъka (“duck”) (diminutive)
  • *ǫtìnъ (“duck-related”) (East Slavic)
  • *ǫty (“duck”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ꙋтица (utica, “duck”)
    • Belarusian: уціца (ucica), вуціца (vucica)
    • Russian: у́тица (útica, “duck”), утица (utica) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: ву́тиц'е (vútycʺe) (Hutsul dialect)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: ѫтица (ǫtica), оутица (utica)

    Glagolitic script: ⱘⱅⰺⱌⰰ (ǫtica), ⱆⱅⰺⱌⰰ (utica)

• West Slavic:
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: wuśica (“duckling”) (archaic)

Further reading

• Zhuravlyov, A. F., Varbot, Zh. Zh., editors (2016), “*ǫtica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 40 (*ǫborъkъ – *pakъla), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 76