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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/otrokъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *otъ- +‎ *rokъ (“term, agreement”). For a similar semantic derivative, compare Latin īnfāns (“infant”) from Latin for (“to talk”).

Noun

*otròkъ m [1][2]

  1. child, offspring
  2. servant

Inflection
Declension of *otrokъ (hard o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *otrokъ *otroka *otroci
Accusative *otrokъ *otroka *otroky
Genitive *otroka *otroku *otrokъ
Locative *otrocě *otroku *otrocěxъ
Dative *otroku *otrokoma *otrokomъ
Instrumental *otrokъmь, *otrokomь* *otrokoma *otroky
Vocative *otroče *otroka *otroci
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
  • *prorokъ (“prophet”)
  • *porokъ (“vice, bad habit”)
  • *sъrokъ (“term, deadline”)

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

Descendants

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*otrokъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 382: “m. o ‘child, servant’”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), “otrȍk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*otròkъ”
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