Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/otrokъ
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *ot- + *rokъ (“term, agreement”). For a similar semantic derivative, compare Latin īnfāns (“infant”) from Latin for (“to talk”).
Noun
[edit]Inflection
[edit]Declension of *otrokъ (hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *otrokъ | *otroka | *otroci |
| genitive | *otroka | *otroku | *otrokъ |
| dative | *otroku | *otrokoma | *otrokomъ |
| accusative | *otrokъ | *otroka | *otroky |
| instrumental | *otrokъmь, *otrokomь* | *otrokoma | *otroky |
| locative | *otrocě | *otroku | *otrocěxъ |
| vocative | *otroče | *otroka | *otroci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- *otročiťь (“young boy”)
- *otrokovica (“young girl”)
- *otročina (“infancy, childhood”)
- *otročę (“infant”)
- *otročьkъ (“farmhand”)
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “о́трок”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*otrokъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 382: “m. o ‘child, servant’”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “otrȍk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*otròkъ”