Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tata

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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.

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

1. dad, daddy

Related terms

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

Derived terms

(diminutives)

• *tatę
• *tatъko

Declension

Declension of *tata (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*tata	*tatě	*taty
Accusative	*tatǫ	*tatě	*taty
Genitive	*taty	*tatu	*tatъ
Locative	*tatě	*tatu	*tatasъ, *tataxъ*
Dative	*tatě	*tatama	*tatamъ
Instrumental	*tatojǫ, *tatǫ**	*tatama	*tatami
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).

See also

• Parents: *otъ/*otьcь + *mati
  • of wife: *tьstь + *tьšča
  • of husband: *svekrъ + *svekry

• Siblings: *bratrъ, *sestra
  • of wife: *šurь, *svěstь/*svьstь
  • of husband: *děverь, *zъly
  • of father: *strъjь, ?
  • of mother: *ujь, ?

• Spouse: *žena, *mǫžь
  • of child: *snъxa, *zętь
  • of husband's brother: *ętry

• Children: *synъ, *dъťi
  • of child: *vъnukъ, ?
  • of sibling: *netьjь, *neti/*nestera

• Nursery words: *tata, *mama, *dada, *teta, *nana, *nena, *dědъ, *baba, *lola, *lelja
• Unsorted: *ova (“grandmother”), *sěmьja

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: та́та (táta)
  • Russian: тя́тя (tjátja), dial. та́та (táta), та́той (tátoj)
    • → Livvi: tuatto
  • Ukrainian: та́то (táto), та́тко (tátko)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: та́те (táte), dimin. та́тко (tátko)
  • Macedonian: татко (tatko)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: та̏та

    Latin: tȁta

  • Slovene: táta
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: táta
  • Polish: tata, dimin. tatko
  • Slovak: tata
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: tata
    • Lower Sorbian: tata

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “тата”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “тятя”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, Pavel (1999), “тятя”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russian Language, page 278