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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 *-ę (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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