Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rodъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *radás. Cognate with Latvian rads.

Noun

*rȍdъ m^[1]

Inflection

Declension of *rȍdъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rȍdъ	*rȍda	*rȍdi
genitive	*rȍda	*rodù	*ròdъ
dative	*rȍdu	*rodomà	*rodòmъ
accusative	*rȍdъ	*rȍda	*rȍdy
instrumental	rȍdъmь, rȍdomь^*	*rodomà	*rodý
locative	*rȍdě	*rodù	*rodě̃xъ
vocative	*rode	*rȍda	*rȍdi

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

Derived terms

*narodъ (“people, nation”)
*rodina (“people or land belonging to the family; family, homeland”)

Related terms

*roditi
*roďa
*uroďajь (“crop, harvest, yield”)
*roďakъ (“relative, cousin”)
*dorodьnъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: родъ (rodŭ)
  - Belarusian: род (rod)
  - Russian: род (rod)
  - Ukrainian: рід (rid)
  - → Finnish: rotu
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: родъ (rodŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱃⱁⰴⱏ (rodŭ)
- Bulgarian: род (rod)
- Macedonian: род (rod)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: род
  
  Latin script: rȏd
- Slovene: ród
West Slavic:
- Czech: rod
- Kashubian: ród
- Polish: ród
- Slovak: rod
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: rod
  - Upper Sorbian: ród

Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: rod

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*rȏdъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 437

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*rȏdъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 437

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rodъ

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