Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tъčьka

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

Related to *tъknǫti.

Noun

*tъčьka f

1. dot, point

Declension

Declension of *tъčьka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tъčьka	*tъčьcě	*tъčьky
genitive	*tъčьky	*tъčьku	*tъčьkъ
dative	*tъčьcě	*tъčьkama	*tъčьkamъ
accusative	*tъčьkǫ	*tъčьcě	*tъčьky
instrumental	*tъčьkojǫ, *tъčьkǫ**	*tъčьkama	*tъčьkami
locative	*tъčьcě	*tъčьku	*tъčьkasъ, *tъčьkaxъ*
vocative	*tъčьko	*tъčьcě	*tъčьky

^* -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: *тъчька (*tŭčĭka)
    • Old Ruthenian: то́чка (tóčka)
      • Belarusian: то́чка (tóčka) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: то́чка (tóčka)
    • Russian: то́чка (tóčka)
      • → Bulgarian: то́чка (tóčka)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Church Slavonic: тъчька (tŭčĭka) (Serbian recension)
  • Macedonian: точка (točka)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: та̏чка

    Latin script: tȁčka

  • Slovene: tóčka (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: tečka

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “то́чка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress