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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫtęťь

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

From *ǫtę (duckling) + *-jь (relational suffix) with -ť- reappearing in an open position from the nt-stem * (pre-Slavic *-ent).

Adjective

*ǫtęťь

  1. duck's

Declension

  • *ǫtь (duck)
    • *ǫtę (duckling)
      • *ǫtenъkъ (duckling) (diminutive, East Slavic)
    • *ǫtica, *ǫtъka (duck) (diminutive)
    • *ǫtìnъ (duck-related) (East Slavic)
    • *ǫty (duck)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic:
      • Belarusian: ву́цечье (vúcječʹje) (dialectal)
        • Belarusian: вуця́чыя (vucjáčyja), вуця́цца (vucjácca, duck feather)
      • Russian: утячий (utjačij) (regional, dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: ву́тячий (vútjačyj)

Further reading

  • Zhuravlyov, A. F., Varbot, Zh. Zh., editors (2016), “*ǫtętjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 40 (*ǫborъkъ – *pakъla), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 76
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