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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/voda

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 *wandō, from Proto-Indo-European *wédōr, collective of PIE r/n-stem heteroclitic *wódr̥ (genitive *udnós). Balto-Slavic cognates include Lithuanian vanduõ, Latvian ûdens and Old Prussian wundan. Other Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit उदन् (udán), Hittite 𒉿𒀀𒋻 (wa-a-tar), Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr), Latin unda, Old Irish uisce, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍄𐍉 (watō), Old English wæter.

Noun

*vodà f [1][2][3]

  1. water

Inflection
Declension of *vodà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *vodà *vȍdě *vȍdy
Accusative *vȍdǫ *vȍdě *vȍdy
Genitive *vodý *vodù *vòdъ
Locative *vȍdě *vodù *vodàsъ, *vodàxъ*
Dative *vodě̀ *vodàma *vodàmъ
Instrumental *vodojǫ́ *vodàma *vodàmi
Vocative *vodo *vȍdě *vȍdy
* -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.
  • *vydra (“otter”)
  • *vodъka (“vodka”)
  • *vodьnъ (“watery”)
  • *vodenъ (“watery place”)
    • *vodenica (“watermill”)

Derived terms
  • *vodica (diminutive)
  • *vodьnikъ (“water spirit, washbasin”)

Descendants

Further reading
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “вода”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “вода”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 168

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*voda”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 523
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), “vóda”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*voda̋”
  3. Olander, Thomas (2001), “voda vody”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c vand (SA 84, 94, 139, 172; PR 138; MP 19f.)”
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