Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/udъ

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

Has been compared to Proto-Slavic *vymę (“udder”), Proto-Slavic *uti (“to put (footwear)”) or as a derivative of Proto-Slavic *u (“at”) with the supplementary suffix *-dъ.

Noun

*ũdъ m

1. limb, bodily member

Alternative forms

• *udo (s-stem)

Inflection

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ùdъ	*ùda	*ùdi
genitive	*ùda	*ùdu	*ùdъ
dative	*ùdu	*ùdoma	*ùdomъ
accusative	*ùdъ	*ùda	*ùdy
instrumental	*ùdъmь, *ùdomь*	*ùdoma	*ùdȳ
locative	*ùdě	*ùdu	*ùdě̄xъ
vocative	*ùde	*ùda	*ùdi

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

Declension of *ũdъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ũdъ	*ūdà	*ūdì
genitive	*ūdà	*ūdù	*ũdъ
dative	*ūdù	*ūdòma	*ūdòmъ
accusative	*ũdъ	*ūdà	*ūdỳ
instrumental	*ūdъ̀mь, *ūdòmь*	*ūdòma	*ũdy
locative	*ūdě̀	*ūdù	*ũděxъ
vocative	*ude	*ūdà	*ūdì

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

Derived terms

• *udьnъ (“bodily”)

Related terms

• *uditi (“to ripen”) (possibly)
  • *orzuditi

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: удъ (udŭ)
    • Russian: уд (ud)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: оудъ (udŭ)
  • Bulgarian: уд (ud)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: у̑д

    Latin script: ȗd

  • Slovene: ȗd (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: úd
    • Czech: úd
  • Kashubian: ùd
  • Polish: ud (“thigh”) (dialectal, the usual word being "udo")
  • Slovak: úd

Further reading

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