Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫda
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ánˀd-, perhaps originally meaning “one on which to put on (fishing lure, bait)”, normally interpreted as derivative of *ǫ- + *-da (“locative particle”) (Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“on”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put”)). Akin to Latvian uodne (“bar on which the sleigh body stands”), eñdas (“part of a peasant's sleigh”).
Alternative hypotheses conjure possible descent from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to wind”) (per Mladenov) or from *ǫk- (“hook, crook”) + *-da (per Meillet), initially meaning “something flexible, bendable, crooked”. Perhaps cognate with Albanian unazë (“ring”).
Noun
*ǫ̀da f[1]
Alternative forms
- *ǫ̀dъ m, *ǫ̀do n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ǫda | *ǫ̀dě | *ǫ̀dy |
| genitive | *ǫ̀dy | *ǫ̀du | *ǫ̀dъ |
| dative | *ǫ̀dě | *ǫ̀dama | *ǫ̀damъ |
| accusative | *ǫ̀dǫ | *ǫ̀dě | *ǫ̀dy |
| instrumental | *ǫ̀dojǫ, *ǫ̀dǭ** | *ǫ̀dama | *ǫ̀damī |
| locative | *ǫ̀dě | *ǫ̀du | *ǫ̀dasъ, *ǫ̀daxъ* |
| vocative | *ǫ̀do | *ǫ̀dě | *ǫ̀dy |
* -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).
Derived terms
- *ǫ̀dica, *ǫ̀dъka (diminutive)
- *ǫdidlo (“staff of fishing rod”)
- *ǫdidlišče (“handle, holder of fishing rod”)
Related terms
- *nada (“addendum, development, expected result”)
- *pridъ, *prida (“supplement, adjunct”)
- *kladъ, *klada (“stand, symbol”)
- *krida (“sift”) (Sorbian)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic script: ѫда (ǫda)
- Glagolitic script: ⱘⰴⰰ (ǫda)
- Bulgarian: въдица (vǎdica)
- Slovene: vǫ́da
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “уда”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Zhuravlyov, A. F., Varbot, Zh. Zh., editors (2016), “*ǫda / *ǫdъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 40 (*ǫborъkъ – *pakъla), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 10