Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pъtakъ

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 edit

Etymology edit

By surface analysis, *pъta +‎ *-akъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *put-.

Noun edit

*pъtãkъ m^[1]

bird

Inflection edit

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pъtãkъ	*pъtàka	*pъtàci
genitive	*pъtàka	*pъtàku	*pъtàkъ
dative	*pъtàku	*pъtàkoma	*pъtàkomъ
accusative	*pъtãkъ	*pъtàka	*pъtàky
instrumental	pъtàkъmь, pъtàkomь^*	*pъtàkoma	*pъtàkȳ
locative	*pъtàcě	*pъtàku	*pъtàcě̄xъ
vocative	*pъtàče	*pъtàka	*pъtàci

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

Related terms edit

*pъtìca (“bird”)
*pъtъka (“bird”)
*pъtokъ (“drake”)
*pъtiťь (“birdie”)

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: пътахъ (pŭtaxŭ), пътакъ (pŭtakŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: птахъ (ptax), птакъ (ptak), птахa f (ptaxa)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: птах (ptax)
    - Ukrainian: птах (ptax)
  - Russian: птах (ptax, “small bird”), птаха f (ptaxa) (dated)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: pták
  - Czech: pták
- Kashubian: ptôch
- Old Polish: ptak
  - Polish: ptak
  - Silesian: ptŏk
- Slovak: vták
- Slovincian: ptoch
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: ptak, Upper Sorbian: ptačk
  - Lower Sorbian: ptašk

References edit

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pъtãkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 424: “m. (o) ‘bird’”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pъtãkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 424: “m. (o) ‘bird’”

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