Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dobytъkъ

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

By surface analysis, *dobytъ +‎ *-ъkъ, from *dobyti.

Noun

*dobytъkъ m[1]

  1. property, belongings
  2. livestock

Declension

Declension of *dobytъkъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *dobytъkъ *dobytъka *dobytъci
genitive *dobytъka *dobytъku *dobytъkъ
dative *dobytъku *dobytъkoma *dobytъkomъ
accusative *dobytъkъ *dobytъka *dobytъky
instrumental *dobytъkъmь, *dobytъkomь* *dobytъkoma *dobytъky
locative *dobytъcě *dobytъku *dobytъcěxъ
vocative *dobytъče *dobytъka *dobytъci

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: добꙑтъкъ (dobytŭkŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: добытокъ (dobytok), дабытокъ (dabytok)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Kashubian: dobëtk
    • Old Czech: dobytek
    • Old Polish: dobytek, dobystek
    • Old Slovak: dobytok
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: dobytk
      • Lower Sorbian: dobytk

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dobytъkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 49