Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫdъka

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

Originally a diminutive form of *ǫ̀da (fishing rod) +‎ *-ъka (diminutive suffix).

Noun

*ǫ̀dъka f

  1. diminutive of *ǫ̀da (fishing rod)

Declension

Declension of *ǫdъka (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *ǫdъka *ǫdъcě *ǫdъky
genitive *ǫdъky *ǫdъku *ǫdъkъ
dative *ǫdъcě *ǫdъkama *ǫdъkamъ
accusative *ǫdъkǫ *ǫdъcě *ǫdъky
instrumental *ǫdъkojǫ, *ǫdъkǭ** *ǫdъkama *ǫdъkamī
locative *ǫdъcě *ǫdъku *ǫdъkasъ, *ǫdъkaxъ*
vocative *ǫdъko *ǫdъcě *ǫdъky

* -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).

  • *ǫ̀dica (diminutive)
  • *ǫdidlo (staff of fishing rod), *ǫdidlišče (handle of fishing rod)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic:
      • Belarusian: ву́дка (vúdka); ву́тка (vútka), гу́тка (hútka) (dialectal)
      • Russian: у́дка (údka) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: ву́дка (vúdka); у́дка (údka) (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:
    • Kashubian: wãdka
    • Polish: wędka; vůntka, vyᵉntka (dialectal)
    • Silesian: wyndka
    • Slovincian: wõdka
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: hudka

Further reading

  • Zhuravlyov, A. F., Varbot, Zh. Zh., editors (2016), “*ǫdъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 40 (*ǫborъkъ – *pakъla), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 19