Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vydra
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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 *ū́ˀdrāˀ (“otter”), from Proto-Indo-European *udréh₂ (“otter”), the feminine form of *udrós (“of water, aquatic”), from the root *wed- (“water”).
Noun
Inflection
Declension of *vỳdra (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vỳdra | *vỳdrě | *vỳdry |
| genitive | *vỳdry | *vỳdru | *vỳdrъ |
| dative | *vỳdrě | *vỳdrama | *vỳdramъ |
| accusative | *vỳdrǫ | *vỳdrě | *vỳdry |
| instrumental | *vỳdrojǫ, *vỳdrǭ** | *vỳdrama | *vỳdramī |
| locative | *vỳdrě | *vỳdru | *vỳdrasъ, *vỳdraxъ* |
| vocative | *vỳdro | *vỳdrě | *vỳdry |
* -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).
** 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).
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “выдра”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “выдра”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 173
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “выдра”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vỳdra”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 534: “f. ā (a) ‘otter’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “vydra vydry”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 22; RPT 109f.)”