Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫtro

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *antra, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ón-tr-om, from *h₁én (“in, inside”).

A similar derivation, but with e-grade, led to *ę̄trò (“liver”).

Noun

*ǫtrò n^[1]

inside, core

Declension

Declension of *ǭtrò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ǭtrò	*ǫ̃trě	*ǭtrà
genitive	*ǭtrà	*ǭtrù	*ǫ̃trъ
dative	*ǭtrù	*ǭtròma	*ǭtròmъ
accusative	*ǭtrò	*ǫ̃trě	*ǭtrà
instrumental	ǭtrъ̀mь, ǭtròmь^*	*ǭtròma	*ǫ̃try
locative	*ǭtrě̀	*ǭtrù	*ǫ̃trěxъ
vocative	*ǭtrò	*ǫ̃trě	*ǭtrà

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

Derived terms

*ǫtroba
*vъnǭtrò (*vъn- + *ǫtro)

Descendants

East Slavic
- Old East Slavic: нѫтрь (nǫtrĭ)
  - Belarusian: нутро́ (nutró)
  - Russian: нутро́ (nutró)
    - → Czech: nitro
  - Ukrainian: нутро́ (nutró)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: ѫтрьѫдѫ (ǫtrĭǫdǫ), ѫтрьѭдѫ (ǫtrĭjǫdǫ)
- Bulgarian: вътре (vǎtre)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: у̀нӯтра
  
  Latin script: ùnūtra
- Slovene: nọ̄ter (tonal orthography)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ǫtrò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 387: “n. o (b) ‘inside, coe’”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ǫtrò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 387: “n. o (b) ‘inside, coe’”

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