Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pъtica

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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 *pъta +‎ *-ica, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *put-. Cognate with Latvian putns (bird) (see there for more theories and potential cognates), Lithuanian putýtis (little bird), Lithuanian pučiùtė (chicken). Perhaps also more distantly cognate with Latin putila (chick, baby bird) and (per Vasmer) various words referring to children, e.g. Latin putus, putillus (child), Sanskrit पुत्र (putrá, child, son), Avestan 𐬞𐬎𐬚𐬭𐬀 (puθra, child, son), Paelignian puclo- (child). Chernykh adds Latin pullus (chicken) < Proto-Indo-European *put-s-lo-.

Noun

*pъtìca f

  1. bird

Inflection

Declension of *pъtìca (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *pъtìca *pъtìci *pъtìcę̇
genitive *pъtìcę̇ *pъtìcu *pъtìcь
dative *pъtìcī *pъtìcama *pъtìcāmъ
accusative *pъtìcǫ *pъtìci *pъtìcę̇
instrumental *pъtìcējǫ, *pъtìcǭ* *pъtìcama *pъtìcāmī
locative *pъtìcī *pъtìcu *pъtìcāsъ
vocative *pъtìce *pъtìci *pъtìcę̇

* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пти́ца”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “пти́ца”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 79

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pъtìca”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 425:f. jā (a) ‘bird’