Old East Slavic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From отъ- (otŭ-) +‎ кѫду (kǫdu, whither).

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ɔtʊˈkõdu/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ɔtʊˈkudu/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ɔːtˈkudu/
  • Hyphenation: о‧тъ‧кѫ‧ду

Adverb edit

отъкѫду (otŭkǫdu)

  1. whence? from where?

See also edit

Motion towards Location Motion out of
кѫду (kǫdu),
кѫда (kǫda)
къде (kŭde) отъкѫду (otŭkǫdu),
отъкѫда (otŭkǫda)

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “отъкуду”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 793