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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫtica

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
*ǫ̀tica

Etymology

Originally a diminutive form of *ǫtь (“duck”) +‎ *-ica (“diminutive suffix”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts (“duck”).

Noun

*ǫ̀tica f

  1. duck
    Synonyms: *patica, *manica
  • *ǫtь (“duck”)
    • *ǫtę (“duckling”)
      • *ǫtenъkъ (“duckling”) (diminutive, East Slavic)
      • *ǫtęťь (“duck-related”) (East Slavic)
    • *ǫtъka (“duck”) (diminutive)
    • *ǫtìnъ (“duck-related”) (East Slavic)
    • *ǫty (“duck”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ꙋтица (utica, “duck”)
      • Belarusian: уціца (ucica), вуціца (vucica)
      • Russian: у́тица (útica, “duck”), утица (utica) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: ву́тиц'е (vútycʺe) (Hutsul dialect)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: ѫтица (ǫtica), оутица (utica)
      Glagolitic script: ⱘⱅⰺⱌⰰ (ǫtica), ⱆⱅⰺⱌⰰ (utica)
  • West Slavic:
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: wuśica (“duckling”) (archaic)

Further reading
  • Zhuravlyov, A. F., Varbot, Zh. Zh., editors (2016), “*ǫtica”, 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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