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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dětь

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *dēˀtis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, suck”).

Noun

*dětь f[1]

  1. child

Declension
Declension of *dětь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *dětь *děti *děti
genitive *děti *dětьju, *děťu* *dětьjь, *děti*
dative *děti *dětьma *dětьmъ
accusative *dětь *děti *děti
instrumental *dětьjǫ, *děťǫ* *dětьma *dětьmi
locative *děti *dětьju, *děťu* *dětьxъ
vocative *děti *děti *děti
* 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).

Usage notes

May have occurred only in the plural in Proto-Slavic (see *děti), with *dětę serving as the singular.

Derived terms
  • *dětę (“child”)
  • *dětęťь
  • *děti (“children”)
  • *dětinъ
    • *dětinъ / *dětina / *dětino
    • *dětinьcь
  • *dětišče
  • *dětiťь
  • *dětъko / *dětъka
  • *dětъva
  • *dětьca / *dětьce / *dětьcь
  • *dětьnъ
  • *dětьskъ
  • *dětьstvo
  • *dětiťь

Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian: дѣть
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: dial. děť

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дитя”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “дети”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 246
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dětę”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 12

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*děti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 104: “Npl. f. ‘children’”
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