Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫdъka

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

Originally a diminutive form of *ǫ̀da (“fishing rod”) +‎ *-ъka (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

*ǫ̀dъka f

Diminutive of *ǫ̀da (“fishing rod”)

Declension

Declension of *ǫdъka (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ǫdъka	*ǫdъcě	*ǫdъky
genitive	*ǫdъky	*ǫdъku	*ǫdъkъ
dative	*ǫdъcě	*ǫdъkama	*ǫdъkamъ
accusative	*ǫdъkǫ	*ǫdъcě	*ǫdъky
instrumental	ǫdъkojǫ, ǫdъkǭ^**	*ǫdъkama	*ǫdъkamī
locative	*ǫdъcě	*ǫdъku	ǫdъkasъ, ǫdъkaxъ^*
vocative	*ǫdъko	*ǫdъcě	*ǫdъky

^* -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).

Related terms

*ǫ̀dica (diminutive)
*ǫdidlo (“staff of fishing rod”), *ǫdidlišče (“handle of fishing rod”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic:
  - Belarusian: ву́дка (vúdka); ву́тка (vútka), гу́тка (hútka) (dialectal)
  - Russian: у́дка (údka) (dialectal)
  - Ukrainian: ву́дка (vúdka); у́дка (údka) (dialectal)
West Slavic:
- Kashubian: wãdka
- Polish: wędka; vůntka, vyᵉntka (dialectal)
- Silesian: wyndka
- Slovincian: wõdka
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: hudka