Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/ū́ˀdrāˀ

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *udréh₂, the feminine form of *udrós, from *wed- (water).

Noun edit

*ū́ˀdrāˀ f[1][2][3]

  1. otter

Inflection edit

Declension of *ū́ˀdrāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *ū́ˀdrāˀ *ū́ˀdrāiˀ *ū́ˀdrās
Accusative *ū́ˀdrā(ˀ)n *ū́ˀdrāiˀ *ū́ˀdrā(ˀ)ns
Genitive *ū́ˀdrā(ˀ)s *ū́ˀdrāu(ˀ) *ū́ˀdrōn
Locative *ū́ˀdrāiˀ *ū́ˀdrāu(ˀ) *ū́ˀdrā(ˀ)su
Dative *ū́ˀdrāi *ū́ˀdrā(ˀ)(ˀ) *ū́ˀdrā(ˀ)mas
Instrumental *ū́ˀdrāˀn *ū́ˀdrā(ˀ)māˀ *ū́ˀdrā(ˀ)mīˀs
Vocative *ū́ˀdra *ū́ˀdrāiˀ *ū́ˀdrās

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • East Baltic:
    • Lithuanian: ū́dra
  • West Baltic:
  • Proto-Slavic: *vỳdra (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vỳdra”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 534: “*úʔdraʔ”
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “ūdra”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 477: “*úʔdraʔ”
  3. ^ Kim, Ronald (2018), “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook[1], Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN