Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pъtakъ

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

By surface analysis, *pъta +‎ *-akъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *put-.

Noun

*pъtãkъ m

1. bird

Inflection

Declension of *pъtãkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pъtãkъ	*pъtàka	*pъtàci
genitive	*pъtàka	*pъtàku	*pъtàkъ
dative	*pъtàku	*pъtàkoma	*pъtàkomъ
accusative	*pъtãkъ	*pъtàka	*pъtàky
instrumental	*pъtàkъmь, *pъtàkomь*	*pъtàkoma	*pъtàkȳ
locative	*pъtàcě	*pъtàku	*pъtàcě̄xъ
vocative	*pъtàče	*pъtàka	*pъtàci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *pъtìca (“bird”)
• *pъtъka (“bird”)
• *pъtokъ (“drake”)
• *pъtiťь (“birdie”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пътахъ (pŭtaxŭ), пътакъ (pŭtakŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: птахъ (ptax), птакъ (ptak), птахa f (ptaxa)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: птах (ptax)
      • Ukrainian: птах (ptax)
    • Russian: птах (ptax, “small bird”), птаха f (ptaxa) (dated)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: pták
    • Czech: pták
  • Kashubian: ptôch
  • Old Polish: ptak
    • Polish: ptak
    • Silesian: ptŏk
  • Slovak: vták
  • Slovincian: ptoch
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: ptak, Upper Sorbian: ptačk
    • Lower Sorbian: ptašk