Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/teta

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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

A nursery word; compare Lithuanian tetà (aunt). Note also Swedish titta (to look), which was probably formed via similar logic, as well as Ancient Greek θείᾱ (theíā, aunt).

Noun

*tetà f

  1. aunt

Declension

Declension of *teta (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *teta *tetě *tety
genitive *tety *tetu *tetъ
dative *tetě *tetama *tetamъ
accusative *tetǫ *tetě *tety
instrumental *tetojǫ, *tetǫ** *tetama *tetami
locative *tetě *tetu *tetasъ, *tetaxъ*
vocative *teto *tetě *tety

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).

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Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Snoj, Marko (2016) “téta”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *teta̋