Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/otьčina

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

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *átta
Proto-Balto-Slavic *áta
Proto-Slavic *otъ
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ikas
Proto-Slavic *-ьcь
Proto-Slavic *otьcь
Proto-Indo-European *-iHneh
Proto-Balto-Slavic *-īˀnāˀder.
Proto-Slavic *-ina
Proto-Slavic *otьčina

    From *otьcь +‎ *-ina.[1]

    Noun

    *otьčina f

    1. patrimony, homeland, fatherland

    Declension

    Declension of *otьčina (hard a-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *otьčina *otьčině *otьčiny
    genitive *otьčiny *otьčinu *otьčinъ
    dative *otьčině *otьčinama *otьčinamъ
    accusative *otьčinǫ *otьčině *otьčiny
    instrumental *otьčinojǫ, *otьčinǫ** *otьčinama *otьčinami
    locative *otьčině *otьčinu *otьčinasъ, *otьčinaxъ*
    vocative *otьčino *otьčině *otьčiny

    * -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).

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: отьчина (otĭčina), вотьчина (votĭčina), отчина (otčina), вотчина (votčina)
        • Old Ruthenian: отчина (otčina), вотчина (votčina), оччина (oččina), очина (očina)
          • Belarusian: о́тчына (ótčyna), во́тчына (vótčyna) (dialectal)
          • Ukrainian: отчи́на (otčýna), вітчи́на (vitčýna) (dialectal)
        • Russian: о́тчина (ótčina), во́тчина (vótčina), оте́чина (otéčina) (obsolete, dialectal)
      • Old Novgorodian: оцтина (ocʹtina)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Old Cyrillic script: отьчина (otĭčina)
        Glagolitic script: ⱁⱅⱐⱍⰻⱀⰰ (otĭčina)
        • Church Slavonic: отчина (otčina)
      • Bulgarian: отечина (otečina) (obsolete)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: отчина, о́чина (dialectal)
        Latin script: otčina, óčina (dialectal)
      • Slovene: očína (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:

    References

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

    Further reading

    • Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2014), “*otьčina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 39 (*otъtęti – *ozgǫba), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 176
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