Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/botьjanъ
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Alternative reconstructions
[edit]- *botěnъ (ЭССЯ)
Etymology
[edit]Probably of onomatopoeic origin, from the root of Proto-Slavic *botati, *botěti (“to bash, to prong”) + *-janъ, in association to the “cracking” call of storks or to their prong-like hunting technique. Alternatively, a borrowing.
Noun
[edit]*botьjanъ m
Declension
[edit]Declension of *botьjanъ (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *botьjanъ | *botьjana | *botьjani |
genitive | *botьjana | *botьjanu | *botьjanъ |
dative | *botьjanu | *botьjanoma | *botьjanomъ |
accusative | *botьjanъ | *botьjana | *botьjany |
instrumental | *botьjanъmь, *botьjanomь* | *botьjanoma | *botьjany |
locative | *botьjaně | *botьjanu | *botьjaněxъ |
vocative | *botьjane | *botьjana | *botьjani |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
[edit]- *botęga (“stork”)
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*botьjanъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 226
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ботья́н”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress