Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/ū́ˀdrāˀ

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *udréh₂, the feminine form of *udrós, from *wed- (“water”).

Noun

*ū́ˀdrāˀ f^[1]^[2]^[3]

otter

Inflection

Declension of *ū́ˀdrāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*ū́ˀdrāˀ	*ū́ˀdrāiˀ	*ū́ˀdrās
Accusative	*ū́ˀdrā⁽ˀ⁾n	*ū́ˀdrāiˀ	*ū́ˀdrā⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*ū́ˀdrā⁽ˀ⁾s	*ū́ˀdrāu⁽ˀ⁾	*ū́ˀdrōn
Locative	*ū́ˀdrāiˀ	*ū́ˀdrāu⁽ˀ⁾	*ū́ˀdrā⁽ˀ⁾su
Dative	*ū́ˀdrāi	*ū́ˀdrā⁽ˀ⁾mā⁽ˀ⁾	*ū́ˀdrā⁽ˀ⁾mas
Instrumental	*ū́ˀdrāˀn	*ū́ˀdrā⁽ˀ⁾māˀ	*ū́ˀdrā⁽ˀ⁾mīˀs
Vocative	*ū́ˀdra	*ū́ˀdrāiˀ	*ū́ˀdrās

Related terms

*ū́ˀdras

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Lithuanian: ū́dra
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: wudro
Proto-Slavic: *vỳdra (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vỳdra”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 534: “*úʔdraʔ”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “ūdra”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 477: “*úʔdraʔ”
^ Kim, Ronald (2018) “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook‎, Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vỳdra”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 534: “*úʔdraʔ”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “ūdra”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 477: “*úʔdraʔ”

[3] Kim, Ronald (2018) “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook‎, Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN

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