Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ěto

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-Indo-European *yeh₂-tóm, from *yeh₂-. Cognate with Sanskrit यात (yātá, “progress, course”).

Noun

*ě̀to n

1. herd, flock

Inflection

Declension of *ě̀to (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ě̀to	*ě̀tě	*ě̀ta
genitive	*ě̀ta	*ě̀tu	*ě̀tъ
dative	*ě̀tu	*ě̀toma	*ě̀tomъ
accusative	*ě̀to	*ě̀tě	*ě̀ta
instrumental	*ě̀tъmь, *ě̀tomь*	*ě̀toma	*ě̀tȳ
locative	*ě̀tě	*ě̀tu	*ě̀tě̄xъ
vocative	*ě̀to	*ě̀tě	*ě̀ta

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: ят (jat) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Church Slavonic ято (jato)
  • Bulgarian: я́то (játo)
  • Macedonian: јато (jato)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ја̏то

    Latin script: jȁto

    • Chakavian (Vrgada): jȁto
  • Slovene: játo

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ě̀to”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 154