Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/otьčina

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 *otьcь +‎ *-ina.

Noun

*otьčina f

1. patrimony, homeland, fatherland

Declension

Declension of *otьčina (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*otьčina	*otьčině	*otьčiny
genitive	*otьčiny	*otьčinu	*otьčinъ
dative	*otьčině	*otьčinama	*otьčinamъ
accusative	*otьčinǫ	*otьčině	*otьčiny
instrumental	*otьčinojǫ, *otьčinǫ**	*otьčinama	*otьčinami
locative	*otьčině	*otьčinu	*otьčinasъ, *otьčinaxъ*
vocative	*otьčino	*otьčině	*otьčiny

^* -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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: отьчина (otĭčina), вотьчина (votĭčina), отчина (otčina), вотчина (votčina)
    • Old Ruthenian: отчина (otčina), вотчина (votčina), оччина (oččina), очина (očina)
      • Belarusian: о́тчына (ótčyna), во́тчына (vótčyna) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: отчи́на (otčýna), вітчи́на (vitčýna) (dialectal)
    • Russian: о́тчина (ótčina), во́тчина (vótčina), оте́чина (otéčina) (obsolete, dialectal)
  • Old Novgorodian: оцтина (oćtina)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: отьчина (otĭčina)

    Glagolitic script: ⱁⱅⱐⱍⰻⱀⰰ (otĭčina)

    • Church Slavonic: отчина (otčina)
  • Bulgarian: отечина (otečina) (obsolete)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: отчина; о́чина (dialectal)

    Latin script: otčina; óčina (dialectal)

  • Slovene: očína (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: otčina
    • Czech: otčina
  • Old Slovak: otčina
    • Slovak: otčina
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: wótčina

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “во́тчина”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2014), “*otьčina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 39 (*otъtęti – *ozgǫba), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 176