Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rъtъ

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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

Probably related to Proto-Slavic *ryti (to burrow, to dig).

Noun

*rъtъ̏ m[1][2]

  1. beak, tooth
    → by extension: mouth
    Synonym: *usta
  2. cliff, hill
    Synonyms: *xъlmъ, *vьrxъ

Declension

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: рътъ (rŭtŭ, point, beak)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: рътъ (rŭtŭ, point, beak) (Serbian Church Slavonic)
    • Bulgarian: рът (rǎt, small but steep hill)
    • Macedonian: ’рт (’rt, cape)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: р̏т (point, peak, cliff, cape), (gen. рта)
      Latin: ȑt (point, peak, cliff, cape), (gen. rta)
    • Slovene: r̀t (point, beak, cape) (tonal orthography), (gen. ŕtа (tonal orthography))
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: ret (lip) (gen. rtu)
    • Polabian: råt
    • Polish: narta (ski) (from "na rtach"), ret (Buntsandstein peak) (gen. retu)
    • Slovak: ret (lip) (gen. rtu)
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: rót (mouth) (gen. rta)

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “рът¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 379
  • рот in Горох.ua (етимологія)

References

  1. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “rt”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *rъtъ̏
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “rъtъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b mund (PR 134)