Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫty

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-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts. Baltic cognates inclde Lithuanian ántis, Old Prussian antis. Further cognates with Ancient Greek νῆττα (nêtta), Latin anas, Old High German anut, Sanskrit आति (ātí).

Noun

*ǫty f [1]

duck

Inflection

Declension of *ǫty (v-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*ǫty	*ǫtъvi	*ǫtъvi
Accusative	*ǫtъvь	*ǫtъvi	*ǫtъvi
Genitive	*ǫtъve	*ǫtъvu	*ǫtъvъ
Locative	*ǫtъve	*ǫtъvu	ǫtъvьxъ, ǫtъvaxъ^*
Dative	*ǫtъvi	ǫtъvьma, ǫtъvama^*	ǫtъvьmъ, ǫtъvamъ^*
Instrumental	ǫtъvьjǫ, ǫtъvľǫ^**	ǫtъvьma, ǫtъvama^*	ǫtъvьmi, ǫtъvami^*
Vocative	*ǫty	*ǫtъvi	*ǫtъvi

^* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
^** 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).

Alternative reconstructions

*ǫtь

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: уты (uty)
- Belarusian: уць (ucʹ), [Term?]
- Russian: у́тка (útka), у́тица (útica), утва́ (utvá) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: у́тиця (útycja)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: ѫты (ǫty)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: у̏тва
  
  Latin: ȕtva
- Slovene: otvа (“wild duck”) (literary)
West Slavic:
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: huśe (“duckling”), huśica (“duck”)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ǫty”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 387: “f. ū ‘duck’”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ǫty”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 387: “f. ū ‘duck’”