Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dětь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dēˀtis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, suck”).[1]
Noun
*dětь f[1]
Usage notes
May have occurred only in the plural in Proto-Slavic (see *děti), with *dětę serving as the singular.
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *dětь | *děti | *děti |
| genitive | *děti | *dětьju, *děťu* | *dětьjь, *děti* |
| dative | *děti | *dětьma | *dětьmъ |
| accusative | *dětь | *děti | *děti |
| instrumental | *dětьjǫ, *děťǫ* | *dětьma | *dětьmi |
| locative | *děti | *dětьju, *děťu* | *dětьxъ |
| vocative | *děti | *děti | *děti |
* 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).
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian: дѣть
- West Slavic:
- Czech: dial. děť
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дитя”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “дети”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 246
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dětę”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 12
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*děti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 104: “Npl. f. ‘children’”