Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/voda

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 *wandō, from Proto-Indo-European *wédōr, collective of PIE r/n-stem heteroclitic *wódr̥.[1]

    Noun

    *vodà f[1][2][3]

    1. water

    Inflection

    Declension of *vodà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *vodà *vȍdě *vȍdy
    genitive *vodý *vodù *vòdъ
    dative *vodě̀ *vodàma *vodàmъ
    accusative *vȍdǫ *vȍdě *vȍdy
    instrumental *vodojǫ́ *vodàma *vodàmi
    locative *vȍdě *vodù *vodàsъ, *vodàxъ*
    vocative *vodo *vȍdě *vȍdy

    * -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.

    • *vydra (“otter”)
    • *vodъka (“vodka”)
    • *vodьnъ (“watery”)
    • *vodenъ (“watery place”)
      • *vodenica (“watermill”)

    Derived terms

    • *vodica (diminutive)
    • *vodьnikъ (“water spirit, washbasin”)

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вода”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вода”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 168

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vodà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 523: “f. ā (c) ‘water’”
    2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “voda vody”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c vand (SA 84, 94, 139, 172; PR 138; MP 19f.)”
    3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “vóda”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*voda̋”
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