Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫda

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

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]

  1. fishing rod

Alternative forms

  • *ǫ̀dъ m, *ǫ̀do n

Declension

Declension of *ǫda (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
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)
  • *nada (addendum, development, expected result)
  • *pridъ, *prida (supplement, adjunct)
  • *kladъ, *klada (stand, symbol)
  • *krida (sift) (Sorbian)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ѫда (ǫda), уда (uda)
      • Belarusian: ву́да (vúda)
      • Russian: у́да́ (údá) (dated, regional); ундя (undja), ву́да (vúda), у́до n (údo) (dialectal)
        • Dolgan: удауда
      • Old East Slavic: Уда (Uda) (given name)
        • Middle Russian: Уда (Uda) (surname)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: ѫда (ǫda)
      Glagolitic script: ⱘⰴⰰ (ǫda)
    • Bulgarian: въдица (vǎdica)
    • Slovene: vǫ́da
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: uda
    • Kashubian: wãda
    • Old Polish: węda
    • Slovincian: vãda
    • Sorbian:

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

References

  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “ǫda”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (PR 132)