Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dъťi

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 *duktḗ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr.

Noun

*dъ̏ťi f^[1]^[2]

daughter

Inflection

Declension of *dъ̏ťi (r-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dъ̏ťi	*dъ̏ťeri	*dъ̏ťeri
genitive	*dъ̏ťere	*dъťerù	*dъťèrъ
dative	*dъ̏ťeri	*dъťerьmà	*dъťèrьmъ
accusative	*dъ̏ťerь	*dъ̏ťeri	*dъ̏ťeri
instrumental	*dъťerьjǫ́	*dъťerьmà	*dъťerьmì
locative	*dъ̏ťere	*dъťerù	*dъťèrьxъ
vocative	*dъ̏ťi	*dъ̏ťeri	*dъ̏ťeri

sěmьja, rodina (“family”)	Male	Female
parent	otъ, otьcь (“father”) nursery: *tata	mati (“mother”) nursery:* *mama
sibling	*bratrъ (“brother”)	*sestra (“sister”)
child	*synъ (“son”)	*dъťi (“daughter”)
grandparent	– (“grandfather”) nursery: dědъ; nana	ova (“grandmother”) nursery:* baba; nena
grandchild	*vъnukъ (“grandson”)	*vъnuka (“granddaughter”)
stepparent	*otьčimъ (“stepfather”)	*maťexa (“stepmother”)
stepchild	*pastorъkъ (“stepson”)	*pastorъka (“stepdaughter”)
father's sibling	strъjь (“paternal uncle”) nursery:* dada; lola	– (“paternal aunt”) nursery: teta; lelja
mother's sibling	ujь (“maternal uncle”) nursery:* dada; lola	– (“maternal aunt”) nursery: teta; lelja
sibling's child	*netьjь (“nephew”)	*nestera (“niece”)
spouse	*mǫžь (“husband”)	*žena (“wife”)
parent of wife	*tьstь (“father-in-law (wife's father)”)	*tьšča (“mother-in-law (wife's mother)”)
parent of husband	*svekrъ (“father-in-law (husband's father)”)	*svekry (“mother-in-law (husband's father)”)
sibling of wife	*šurь (“brother-in-law (wife's brother)”)	svěstь, svьstь (“sister-in-law (wife's sister)”)
sibling of husband	*děverь (“brother-in-law (husband's brother)”)	*zъly (“sister-in-law (husband's sister)”)
spouse of child	*zętь (“son-in-law (daughter's husband)”)	*snъxa (“daughter-in-law (son's wife)”)
spouse of husband's brother	–	*ętry (“sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)”)

Derived terms

*dъťьka

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: дъчи (dŭči), дочи (doči), дчи (dči)
  - Old Ruthenian: дочъ (doč)
    - Ukrainian: дочка (dočka), донька (donʹka)
  - Russian: дочь (dočʹ); до́чи́ (dóčí) (dialectal)
- Old Novgorodian: дъци (dŭći), доци (doći), тъци (tŭći)
  - → Russian: доци́ (docí) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: дъщи (dŭšti)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰴⱏⱋⰻ (dŭšti)
  - → Russian: дщерь (dščerʹ)
- Bulgarian: дъщеря́ (dǎšterjá), ще́рка (štérka)
- Macedonian: ќерка (ḱerka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  - Cyrillic script: кћȇрка, ћȇрка, кћи̑, ћи̑, кће̑р, ће̑р, хћи, хћeр
  - Latin: kćȇrka, ćȇrka,kćȋ, ćȋ, kćȇr, ćȇr, hći, hćer
- Slovene: hčȋ (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: dci, dceř, dcera
  - Czech: dcera
    - → Silesian: cera
  - → Old Polish: dca
- Kashubian: córa, córka
- Old Polish: córa
  - Polish: córa
- Slovak: dcéra, dcérka

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dъ̏kti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 129: “f. r (c) ‘daughter’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “dъkti dъktere”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c daughter (NA 131; SA 26; PR 138; RPT 85)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dъ̏kti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 129: “f. r (c) ‘daughter’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “dъkti dъktere”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c daughter (NA 131; SA 26; PR 138; RPT 85)”

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