Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)čertъ

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 *o(b)- +‎ *čertъ, from *čerti (“to cut, separate”).

Noun

*o(b)čertъ m^[1]

reed
swampy forest

Declension

Declension of *o(b)čertъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*o(b)čertъ	*o(b)čerta	*o(b)čerti
genitive	*o(b)čerta	*o(b)čertu	*o(b)čertъ
dative	*o(b)čertu	*o(b)čertoma	*o(b)čertomъ
accusative	*o(b)čertъ	*o(b)čerta	*o(b)čerty
instrumental	o(b)čertъmь, o(b)čertomь^*	*o(b)čertoma	*o(b)čerty
locative	*o(b)čertě	*o(b)čertu	*o(b)čertěxъ
vocative	*o(b)čerte	*o(b)čerta	*o(b)čerti

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: очеретъ (očeretŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: *очере́тъ (*očerét)
    - Ukrainian: очере́т (očerét)
      - → Polish: oczeret
  - Russian: о́чере́т (óčerét) (dialectal)

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*občertъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 26 (*novoukъ(jь) – *obgorditi), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 137

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*občertъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 26 (*novoukъ(jь) – *obgorditi), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 137

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