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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/voda

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 *wandō, from Proto-Indo-European *wédōr, collective of PIE r/n-stem heteroclitic *wódr̥.

Noun

*vodà f[1][2][3]

  1. water

Inflection

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  • *vydra (“otter”)
  • *vodъka (“vodka”)
  • *vodьnъ (“watery”)
  • *vodenъ (“watery place”)
    • *vodenica (“watermill”)

Derived terms
  • *vodica (diminutive)
  • *vodьnikъ (“water spirit, washbasin”)

Descendants

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “вода”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вода”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 168

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vodà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 523: “f. ā (c) ‘water’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “voda vody”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c vand (SA 84, 94, 139, 172; PR 138; MP 19f.)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “vóda”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*voda̋”
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