Talk:отечество

@Guldrelokk Hi. How is this related to о́тчество (ótčestvo)? Parallel formations? Per utramque cavernam 11:37, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

@Wanjuscha: Would you know something about this? Per utramque cavernam 11:35, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

@Per utramque cavernam: The old paradigm as given in Zaliznyak is оте́чьство – о́тчествъ. Stems with V-∅ ~ ∅-V alternation from Havlík’s law have typically undergone levelling in various directions, e.g. швец — шевца → швец — швеца (compare Ukrainian швець — шевця), in this case resulting in a doublet, although the semantic differentiation is late and отчество formerly had the (older) sense ‘homeland’ as well. Guldrelokk (talk) 03:36, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

@Guldrelokk: Thanks! Good to see you again by the way. Per utramque cavernam 08:39, 18 August 2018 (UTC)