Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pъtica

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 *pъta +‎ *-ica, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *put-. Cognate with Latvian putns (“bird”), Lithuanian putýtis (“little bird”), Lithuanian pučiùtė (“chicken”). More distantly cognate with Latin putila (“chick, baby bird”) and (per Vasmer) various words referring to children, e.g. Latin putus, putillus (“child”), Sanskrit पुत्र (putrá, “child, son”), Avestan 𐬞𐬎𐬚𐬭𐬀 (puθra, “child, son”), Paelignian puclo- (“child”). Chernykh adds Latin pullus (“chicken”) < Proto-Indo-European *put-s-lo-.

Noun

*pъtìca f

1. bird

Inflection

Declension of *pъtìca (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pъtìca	*pъtìci	*pъtìcę̇
genitive	*pъtìcę̇	*pъtìcu	*pъtìcь
dative	*pъtìcī	*pъtìcama	*pъtìcāmъ
accusative	*pъtìcǫ	*pъtìci	*pъtìcę̇
instrumental	*pъtìcējǫ, *pъtìcǭ*	*pъtìcama	*pъtìcāmī
locative	*pъtìcī	*pъtìcu	*pъtìcāsъ
vocative	*pъtìce	*pъtìci	*pъtìcę̇

^* 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).

Related terms

• *pъtãkъ (“bird”)
• *pъtъka (“bird”)
• *pъtokъ (“drake”)
• *pъtiťь (“birdie”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пътица (pŭtica)
    • Old Ruthenian: пти́ца (ptíca)
      • Belarusian: пці́ца (pcíca)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: пти́ця (ptýcja)
      • Ukrainian: пти́ця (ptýcja)
    • Russian: пти́ца (ptíca)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: пътица (pŭtica)

    Glagolitic: ⱂⱏⱅⰻⱌⰰ (pŭtica)

  • Bulgarian: пти́ца (ptíca)
  • Macedonian: птица (ptica)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пти̏ца

    Latin script: ptȉca

    • Chakavian (Vrgada, Hvar): tȉca
  • Slovene: ptíca (tonal orthography)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пти́ца”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “пти́ца”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 79