Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/otrokъ

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 *ot- +‎ *rokъ (“term, agreement”). For a similar semantic derivative, compare Latin īnfāns (“infant”) from Latin for (“to talk”).[1]

Noun

*otròkъ m[1][2]

  1. child, offspring
  2. servant

Inflection

Declension of *otrokъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *otrokъ *otroka *otroci
genitive *otroka *otroku *otrokъ
dative *otroku *otrokoma *otrokomъ
accusative *otrokъ *otroka *otroky
instrumental *otrokъmь, *otrokomь* *otrokoma *otroky
locative *otrocě *otroku *otrocěxъ
vocative *otroče *otroka *otroci

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

Derived terms

  • *otročiťь (“young boy”)
  • *otrokovica (“young girl”)
  • *otročina (“infancy, childhood”)
  • *otročę (“infant”)
  • *otročьkъ (“farmhand”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: отрокъ (otrokŭ)
      • Belarusian: о́трак (ótrak)
      • Russian: о́трок (ótrok)
      • Ukrainian: отрік (otrik)
    • Old Novgorodian: отрокъ (otrokŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*otrokъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 382: “m. o ‘child, servant’”
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “otrȍk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*otròkъ”
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