Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tata

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *tatas, from Proto-Indo-European *tatás.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian tė̃tis, tėtýtis, tė̃tė, Latvian tētis, Old Prussian thetis.

Indo-European cognates include Vedic Sanskrit तत (tatá), Sanskrit तात (tā́ta), Ancient Greek τατᾶ (tatâ), τέττα (tétta), Latin tata, Cornish tat, Albanian tatë.

Noun

*tata m

dad, daddy

Diminutive forms

*tatę
*tatъko

Declension

Declension of *tata (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*tata	*tatě	*taty
Accusative	*tatǫ	*tatě	*taty
Genitive	*taty	*tatu	*tatъ
Locative	*tatě	*tatu	tatasъ, tataxъ^*
Dative	*tatě	*tatama	*tatamъ
Instrumental	tatojǫ, tatǫ^**	*tatama	*tatami
Vocative	*tato	*tatě	*taty

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: та́та (táta)
- Russian: тя́тя (tjátja), dial. та́та (táta), та́той (tátoj)
- Ukrainian: та́то (táto), та́тко (tátko)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: та́те (táte), dimin. та́тко (tátko)
- Macedonian: татко (tatko)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: та̏та
  
  Latin: tȁta
- Slovene: táta
West Slavic:
- Czech: táta
- Polish: tata, dimin. tatko
- Slovak: tata
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: tata
  - Lower Sorbian: tata

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “тата”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “тятя”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “тятя”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 278

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