Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/otrokъ

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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 *ot- +‎ *rokъ (term, agreement). For a similar semantic derivative, compare Latin īnfāns (infant) from Latin for (to talk).

Noun

*otròkъ m

  1. child, offspring
  2. servant

Inflection

Declension of *otrokъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *otrokъ *otroka *otroci
genitive *otroka *otroku *otrokъ
dative *otroku *otrokoma *otrokomъ
accusative *otrokъ *otroka *otroky
instrumental *otrokъmь, *otrokomь* *otrokoma *otroky
locative *otrocě *otroku *otrocěxъ
vocative *otroče *otroka *otroci

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

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Further reading

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*otrokъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 382:m. o ‘child, servant’
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “otrȍk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*otròkъ