Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫtrь

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 *ǫtrò +‎ *-ь.

Noun

*ǫtrь m

1. inside, core

Inflection

Declension of *ǫtrь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ǫtrь	*ǫtri	*ǫtrьje, *ǫtře*
genitive	*ǫtri	*ǫtrьju, *ǫtřu*	*ǫtrьjь, *ǫtri*
dative	*ǫtri	*ǫtrьma	*ǫtrьmъ
accusative	*ǫtrь	*ǫtri	*ǫtri
instrumental	*ǫtrьmь	*ǫtrьma	*ǫtrьmi
locative	*ǫtri	*ǫtrьju, *ǫtřu*	*ǫtrьxъ
vocative	*ǫtri	*ǫtri	*ǫtrьje, *ǫtře*

^* 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).

Derived terms

• *vъnǫtrь (“in inside”)
  • *vъnǫtrьnъ (“interior, inner”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ѭтрь (jǫtrĭ), ютрь (jutrĭ)
    • Ukrainian: отрь (otrʹ) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Russian: нутрь (nutrʹ) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: ѫтрь (ǫtrĭ)
    • Bulgarian: вътре (vǎtre)

Further reading

• Zhuravlyov, A. F., Varbot, Zh. Zh., editors (2016), “*ǫtro / *ǫtrь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 40 (*ǫborъkъ – *pakъla), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 85