Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/voda
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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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *wandō, from Proto-Indo-European *wédōr, collective of PIE r/n-stem heteroclitic *wódr̥.
Noun
Inflection
Declension of *vodà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vodà | *vȍdě | *vȍdy |
| genitive | *vodý | *vodù | *vòdъ |
| dative | *vodě̀ | *vodàma | *vodàmъ |
| accusative | *vȍdǫ | *vȍdě | *vȍdy |
| instrumental | *vodojǫ́ | *vodàma | *vodàmi |
| locative | *vȍdě | *vodù | *vodàsъ, *vodàxъ* |
| vocative | *vodo | *vȍdě | *vȍdy |
* -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.
Related terms
- *vydra (“otter”)
- *vodъka (“vodka”)
- *vodьnъ (“watery”)
- *vodenъ (“watery place”)
- *vodenica (“watermill”)
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вода”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вода”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 168
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vodà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 523: “f. ā (c) ‘water’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “voda vody”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c vand (SA 84, 94, 139, 172; PR 138; MP 19f.)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “vóda”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*voda̋”