Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/otrokъ

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 *ot- +‎ *rokъ (“term, agreement”). For a similar semantic derivative, compare Latin īnfāns (“infant”) from Latin for (“to talk”).

Noun

*otròkъ m

1. child, offspring
2. servant

Inflection

Declension of *otrokъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*otrokъ	*otroka	*otroci
genitive	*otroka	*otroku	*otrokъ
dative	*otroku	*otrokoma	*otrokomъ
accusative	*otrokъ	*otroka	*otroky
instrumental	*otrokъmь, *otrokomь*	*otrokoma	*otroky
locative	*otrocě	*otroku	*otrocěxъ
vocative	*otroče	*otroka	*otroci

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

Related terms

• *prorokъ (“prophet”)
• *porokъ (“vice, bad habit”)
• *sъrokъ (“term, deadline”)

Derived terms

• *otročiťь (“young boy”)
• *otrokovica (“young girl”)
• *otročina (“infancy, childhood”)
• *otročę (“infant”)
• *otročьkъ (“farmhand”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: отрокъ (otrokŭ)
    • Belarusian: о́трак (ótrak)
    • Russian: о́трок (ótrok)
    • Ukrainian: отрік (otrik)
  • Old Novgorodian: отрокъ (otrokŭ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: отрокъ (otrokŭ)
  • Bulgarian: отро́к (otrók)
  • Serbo-Croatian: otrȍk (Chakavian)
  • Slovene: otrȍk (tonal orthography)
  • → Dalmatian: trok, troc
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: otrok
    • Czech: otrok
  • Kashubian: òtrok
  • Polabian: våtrük
  • Old Polish: otrok
  • Slovak: otrok
  • Slovincian: wôtrôk

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “о́трок”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress