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

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 (oćtina)
  • 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:

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

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
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