Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dětę

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 *dětь (“child”) +‎ *-ę.

Noun

*dě̄tę̀ or *dě̑tę n^[1]^[2]

child

Declension

Declension of *dě̄tę̀ (nt-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dě̄tę̀	*dě̄tę̀ti	*dě̄tę̀tā
genitive	*dě̄tę̀te	*dě̄tę̀tu	*dě̄tę̀tъ
dative	*dě̄tę̀ti	*dě̄tę̀tьma	*dě̄tę̀tьmъ
accusative	*dě̄tę̀	*dě̄tę̀ti	*dě̄tę̀tā
instrumental	*dě̄tę̀tьmь	*dě̄tę̀tьma	*dě̄tę̀tȳ
locative	*dě̄tę̀te	*dě̄tę̀tu	*dě̄tę̀tьxъ
vocative	*dě̄tę̀	*dě̄tę̀ti	*dě̄tę̀tā

Declension of *dě̑tę (nt-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dě̑tę	*dě̑tęti	*dětętà
genitive	*dě̑tęte	*dětętù	*dětę̃tъ
dative	*dě̑tęti	*dětętьmà	*dětę̃tьmъ
accusative	*dě̑tę	*dě̑tęti	*dětętà
instrumental	*dě̑tętьmь	*dětętьmà	*dětętý
locative	*dě̑tęte	*dětętù	*dětę̃tьxъ
vocative	*dě̑tę	*dě̑tęti	*dětętà

Related terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: дѣтѧ́ (dětę́)
  - Old Ruthenian: дѣтѧ́ (dětjá), дитѧ́ (ditjá)
    - Belarusian: дзіця́ (dzicjá)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: дї́тя (djítja)
    - Ukrainian: дитя́ (dytjá)
  - Russian: дитя́ (ditjá)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: дѣтѧ (dětę)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰴⱑⱅⱔ (dětę)
- Bulgarian: дете́ (deté), дя́те (djáte) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: де́те (déte)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: де́те, дије́те
  
  Latin script: déte, dijéte
- Slovene: déte
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: dietě
  - Czech: dítě
- Kashubian: dzecã
- Polabian: detă
- Old Polish: dziecię
  - Polish: dziecię
  - ⇒ Silesian: dziycio
- Slovak: dieťa
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: źiśe
  - Upper Sorbian: dźěćo

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dětę”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 104: “n. nt ‘child’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “dětę”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 143)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dětę”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 104: “n. nt ‘child’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “dětę”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 143)”

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