Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/otьčimъ

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 *otьčьjь +‎ *-imъ, from *otьcь.

Noun

*òtьčimъ m

1. stepfather

Declension

Declension of *otьčimъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*otьčimъ	*otьčima	*otьčimi
genitive	*otьčima	*otьčimu	*otьčimъ
dative	*otьčimu	*otьčimoma	*otьčimomъ
accusative	*otьčimъ	*otьčima	*otьčimy
instrumental	*otьčimъmь, *otьčimomь*	*otьčimoma	*otьčimy
locative	*otьčimě	*otьčimu	*otьčiměxъ
vocative	*otьčime	*otьčima	*otьčimi

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

See also

• *màťexa

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: отьчимъ (otĭčimŭ), отчимъ (otčimŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: ѡ҆́тчимъ (o҆́tčim), ѡ҆́тчымъ (o҆́tčym)
      • Ukrainian: вітчи́м (vitčým); о́чим (óčym), в'їччім (vʺjiččim) (dialectal)
    • Middle Russian: о́тчимъ (ótčim), во́тчимъ (vótčim)
      • Russian: о́тчим (ótčim); о́тчин (ótčin), во́тчим (vótčim), во́тчин (vótčin), во́ччин (vóččin), во́тчым (vótčym), во́ччым (vóččym), о́тчив (ótčiv) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: отьчимъ (otĭčimŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱁⱅⱐⱍⰺⰿⱏ (otĭčimŭ)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: отчим, очим, очин

    Latin script: otčim, očim, očin

  • Slovene: ọ̄čim
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: otčím, otčim, očím, očim; očsím (dialectal)
    • Czech: otčím
  • Old Polish: ojczym, oczszym, oczym, oćczym, otczym
    • Polish: ojczym; otczym, oi̯č́im, u̯oičym, u̯oic'im (dialectal)
    • → Old Ruthenian: ѡ҆йчымъ (o҆jčym)
      • Belarusian: айчы́м (ajčým)
  • Old Slovak: otčim
    • Slovak: otčim; očim, ošim, ojčim, otčím, otčin (dialectal)
  • Slovincian: wôtczym
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: wóčim

Further reading

• Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2014), “*otьčimъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 39 (*otъtęti – *ozgǫba), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 175
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “отчим”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress