Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prǫtъ
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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
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to spring, to sprout”) + *-ǫtъ, related to Proto-Slavic *prędati (“to lead”), Proto-Germanic *sprintaną (“to prance”).
Vasmer and Machek suggest original meaning leap → shoot, sprout with similar semantic shift as Russian побе́г (pobég, “flight; fig. sprout”). Possibly related to Proto-Slavic *prytь (“outbreak”), Proto-Germanic *sprutô (“sprout”).
Noun
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *prǫ̑tъ | *prǫ̑ta | *prǫ̑ti |
| genitive | *prǫ̑ta | *prǫtù | *prǫ̃tъ |
| dative | *prǫ̑tu | *prǫtomà | *prǫtòmъ |
| accusative | *prǫ̑tъ | *prǫ̑ta | *prǫ̑ty |
| instrumental | *prǫ̑tъmь, *prǫ̑tomь* | *prǫtomà | *prǫtý |
| locative | *prǫ̑tě | *prǫtù | *prǫtě̃xъ |
| vocative | *prǫte | *prǫ̑ta | *prǫ̑ti |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *prǫtьcь, *prǫtьčica (diminutive)
- *prǫtъka (“stick”)
Related terms
- *paportь, *porportь (“fern”) (possibly)
- *prętati (possibly)
- *prǫdъ (“bank”)
- *prǫgъ (“elastic object; locust”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “прут”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “прът¹”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 830
References
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “prǫtъ prǫta”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 156; PR 137); d (OSA 144; RPT)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “prọt”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *prǫ̑tъ”