Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫtica

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

*ǫ̀tica

Etymology

Originally a diminutive form of *ǫtь (“duck”) +‎ *-ica (“diminutive suffix”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts (“duck”).

Noun

*ǫ̀tica f

duck
Synonyms: *patica, *manica

Related terms

*ǫtь (“duck”)
- *ǫtę (“duckling”)
  - *ǫtenъkъ (“duckling”) (diminutive, East Slavic)
  - *ǫtęťь (“duck-related”) (East Slavic)
- *ǫtъka (“duck”) (diminutive)
- *ǫtìnъ (“duck-related”) (East Slavic)
- *ǫty (“duck”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ꙋтица (utica, “duck”)
  - Belarusian: уціца (ucica), вуціца (vucica)
  - Russian: у́тица (útica, “duck”), утица (utica) (dialectal)
  - Ukrainian: ву́тиц'е (vútycʺe) (Hutsul dialect)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: ѫтица (ǫtica), оутица (utica)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱘⱅⰺⱌⰰ (ǫtica), ⱆⱅⰺⱌⰰ (utica)
West Slavic:
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: wuśica (“duckling”) (archaic)