утва

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic оу́тꙑ (úty), from Proto-Slavic *ǫ̀ty from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ánˀtō from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts. Cognate with Russian утва́ (utvá).

Noun

утва • (utva) f animal

  1. duck

Descendants

  • Belarusian: ву́тва (vútva), вутва́ (vutvá) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: у́тва (útva)

Further reading

  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2015), “утва”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 35 (уморати – фолдровый), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 233
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