Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫtę

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

*ǫ̀tę

Etymology

Originally a diminutive form of *ǫtь (“duck”) +‎ *-ę (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

*ǫ̀tę n

1. duckling

   Synonyms: *patę, *putę, *kačę

Declension

Declension of *ǫtę (nt-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ǫtę	*ǫ̀tęti	*ǫ̀tętā
genitive	*ǫ̀tęte	*ǫ̀tętu	*ǫ̀tętъ
dative	*ǫ̀tęti	*ǫ̀tętьma	*ǫ̀tętьmъ
accusative	*ǫtę	*ǫ̀tęti	*ǫ̀tętā
instrumental	*ǫ̀tętьmь	*ǫ̀tętьma	*ǫ̀tętȳ
locative	*ǫ̀tęte	*ǫ̀tętu	*ǫ̀tętьxъ
vocative	*ǫtę	*ǫ̀tęti	*ǫ̀tętā

Derived terms

• *ǫtenъkъ (diminutive)
  • Old East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: вуцёнак (vucjónak), вуцёнык (vucjónyk), вуцёнък, уцёнък (“duckling”) (dialectal)
    • Middle Russian: утенокъ (utenok)
      • Russian: утёнок (utjónok, “duckling; drake”); утено́к (utenók, “duckling”) (dialectal)
• *ǫtęťь (“duck-related”) (East Slavic)

Related terms

• *ǫtь (“duck”)
  • *ǫtica, *ǫtъka (“duck”) (diminutive)
  • *ǫtìnъ (“duck-related”) (East Slavic)
  • *ǫty (“duck”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ꙋтѧ (utę)
    • Belarusian: ву́ця (vúcja), ву́тя (vútja, “duck”);
      • ⇒ Belarusian: вуцяня (vucjanja) вуцянё (vucjanjó), вуцяня́ (vucjanjá)/вуценя́ (vucjenjá), вутеня́ (vutjenjá, “duckling”) (dialectal)
    • Russian: у́тя (útja, “duck”), утя́ (utjá, “duckling”) (dialectal)
      • ⇒ Russian: утёна (utjóna); утеня́ (utenjá, “ducklings”), вутеня́ (vutenjá, “duckling”) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: вутя́ (vutjá), утя́ (utjá, “duckling; duck”)
      • ⇒ Ukrainian: вутеня́ (vutenjá), утеня́ (utenjá); вутяня́ (vutjanjá) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: ѫтѧ (ǫtę), оутѧ (utę)

    Glagolitic script: ⱘⱅⱔ (ǫtę), ⱆⱅⱔ (utę)

    • Bulgarian: уте́ (uté) (obsolete)
      • ⇒ Bulgarian: уте́нце (uténce) (dialectal, rare)
• West Slavic:
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: huśe, uśe, wuśe, wyśe (“duckling”)

Further reading

• Zhuravlyov, A. F., Varbot, Zh. Zh., editors (2016), “*ǫtę”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 40 (*ǫborъkъ – *pakъla), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 75