Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/trǫtъ

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

Per Vasmer and Pokorny, perhaps ultimately from imitative Proto-Indo-European *dʰrēu- (“to drone”). Cognates include Lithuanian trãnas (“drone”), Latvian trans (“drone”).

Noun

*trǫtъ m

1. drone

Declension

Declension of *trǫtъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*trǫtъ	*trǫta	*trǫti
genitive	*trǫta	*trǫtu	*trǫtъ
dative	*trǫtu	*trǫtoma	*trǫtomъ
accusative	*trǫtъ	*trǫta	*trǫty
instrumental	*trǫtъmь, *trǫtomь*	*trǫtoma	*trǫty
locative	*trǫtě	*trǫtu	*trǫtěxъ
vocative	*trǫte	*trǫta	*trǫti

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • ⇒ Belarusian: тру́цень (trúcjenʹ)
  • ⇒ Russian: тру́тень (trútenʹ)
  • ⇒ Ukrainian: тру́тень (trútenʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Bulgarian: търтей (tǎrtej)
  • ⇒ Macedonian: трут (trut)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: тру̑т

    Latin script: trȗt

  • Slovene: trọ̑t
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: trúp
    • Czech: troup (“fool”)
    • ⇒ Czech: trubec (“drone”)
  • Old Polish: trąd
    • Polish: trąd
  • ⇒ Polish: trucień; truteń
  • Silesian: trōnt
  • Slovak: trúd
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: tšut
    • Upper Sorbian: truta

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 498
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тру́тень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “255-56”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 255-56