Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tata

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *tatas, from Proto-Indo-European *tatás.^[1]

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian tė̃tis, tėtýtis, tė̃tė, Latvian tētis, Old Prussian thetis.

Indo-European cognates include Vedic Sanskrit तत (tatá), Sanskrit तात (tā́ta), Ancient Greek τατᾶ (tatâ), τέττα (tétta), Latin tata, Cornish tat, Albanian tatë.

Noun

*tata m

dad, daddy

Related terms

Category Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tata- not found

Derived terms

(diminutives)

Declension

Declension of *tata (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tata	*tatě	*taty
genitive	*taty	*tatu	*tatъ
dative	*tatě	*tatama	*tatamъ
accusative	*tatǫ	*tatě	*taty
instrumental	tatojǫ, tatǫ^**	*tatama	*tatami
locative	*tatě	*tatu	tatasъ, tataxъ^*
vocative	*tato	*tatě	*taty

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** 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).

sěmьja, rodina (“family”)	Male	Female
parent	otъ, otьcь (“father”) nursery: *tata	mati (“mother”) nursery:* *mama
sibling	*bratrъ (“brother”)	*sestra (“sister”)
child	*synъ (“son”)	*dъťi (“daughter”)
grandparent	– (“grandfather”) nursery: dědъ; nana	ova (“grandmother”) nursery:* baba; nena
grandchild	*vъnukъ (“grandson”)	*vъnuka (“granddaughter”)
stepparent	*otьčimъ (“stepfather”)	*maťexa (“stepmother”)
stepchild	*pastorъkъ (“stepson”)	*pastorъka (“stepdaughter”)
father's sibling	strъjь (“paternal uncle”) nursery:* dada; lola	– (“paternal aunt”) nursery: teta; lelja
mother's sibling	ujь (“maternal uncle”) nursery:* dada; lola	– (“maternal aunt”) nursery: teta; lelja
sibling's child	*netьjь (“nephew”)	*nestera (“niece”)
spouse	*mǫžь (“husband”)	*žena (“wife”)
parent of wife	*tьstь (“father-in-law (wife's father)”)	*tьšča (“mother-in-law (wife's mother)”)
parent of husband	*svekrъ (“father-in-law (husband's father)”)	*svekry (“mother-in-law (husband's father)”)
sibling of wife	*šurь (“brother-in-law (wife's brother)”)	svěstь, svьstь (“sister-in-law (wife's sister)”)
sibling of husband	*děverь (“brother-in-law (husband's brother)”)	*zъly (“sister-in-law (husband's sister)”)
spouse of child	*zętь (“son-in-law (daughter's husband)”)	*snъxa (“daughter-in-law (son's wife)”)
spouse of husband's brother	–	*ętry (“sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *тата (*tata)
  - Old Ruthenian: та́та (táta), та́то (táto)
    - Belarusian: та́та (táta), та́то (táto) (dialectal)
    - Ukrainian: та́то (táto); та́та (táta) (dialectal)
  - Russian: та́та (táta), та́той (tátoj) (dialectal); тя́тя (tjátja)
    - → Livvi: tuatto
- Old Novgorodian: тата (tata)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: та́те (táte), dimin. та́тко (tátko)
- Macedonian: татко (tatko)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: та̏та
  
  Latin script: tȁta
- Slovene: táta
West Slavic:
- Czech: táta
- Kashubian: tata, dimin. tatk
- Polish: tata, dimin. tatko
- Old Slovak: tata, tato
  - Pannonian Rusyn: тато (tato)
  - Slovak: tata
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: tata
  - Lower Sorbian: tata

References

^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тата”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress