Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pъtakъ

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

By surface analysis, *pъta +‎ *-akъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *put-; see the related *pъtìca for more.[1]

Noun

*pъtãkъ m[1]

  1. bird

Inflection

Declension of *pъtãkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *pъtãkъ *pъtàka *pъtàci
genitive *pъtàka *pъtàku *pъtàkъ
dative *pъtàku *pъtàkoma *pъtàkomъ
accusative *pъtãkъ *pъtàka *pъtàky
instrumental *pъtàkъmь, *pъtàkomь* *pъtàkoma *pъtàkȳ
locative *pъtàcě *pъtàku *pъtàcě̄xъ
vocative *pъtàče *pъtàka *pъtàci

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

  • *pъtìca (“bird”)
  • *pъtъka (“bird”)
  • *pъtokъ (“drake”)
  • *pъtiťь (“birdie”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: пътахъ (pŭtaxŭ), пътакъ (pŭtakŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: птахъ (ptax), птакъ (ptak), птахa f (ptaxa)
      • Russian: птах (ptax, “small bird”), птаха f (ptaxa) (dated)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pъtãkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 424: “m. (o) ‘bird’”
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