Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/otьčina

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 edit

Etymology edit

From *otьcь +‎ *-ina.

Noun edit

*otьčina f

patrimony, homeland, fatherland

Declension edit

Declension of *otьčina (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*otьčina	*otьčině	*otьčiny
genitive	*otьčiny	*otьčinu	*otьčinъ
dative	*otьčině	*otьčinama	*otьčinamъ
accusative	*otьčinǫ	*otьčině	*otьčiny
instrumental	otьčinojǫ, otьčinǫ^**	*otьčinama	*otьčinami
locative	*otьčině	*otьčinu	otьčinasъ, otьčinaxъ^*
vocative	*otьčino	*otьčině	*otьčiny

^* -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.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: отьчина (otĭčina), вотьчина (votĭčina), отчина (otčina), вотчина (votčina)
  - Old Ruthenian: отчина (otčina), вотчина (votčina), оччина (oččina), очина (očina)
    - Belarusian: о́тчына (ótčyna), во́тчына (vótčyna) (dialectal)
    - Ukrainian: отчи́на (otčýna), вітчи́на (vitčýna) (dialectal)
  - Russian: о́тчина (ótčina), во́тчина (vótčina), оте́чина (otéčina) (obsolete, dialectal)
- Old Novgorodian: оцтина (octina)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: отьчина (otĭčina)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱁⱅⱐⱍⰻⱀⰰ (otĭčina)
  - Church Slavonic: отчина (otčina)
- Bulgarian: отечина (otečina) (obsolete)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: отчина; о́чина (dialectal)
  
  Latin script: otčina; óčina (dialectal)
- Slovene: očína (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: otčina
  - Czech: otčina
- Old Slovak: otčina
  - Slovak: otčina
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: wótčina