Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/ū́ˀdras

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *udrós, from *wed- (“water”).

Noun

*ū́ˀdras m[1][2]

otter

Inflection

Declension of *ū́ˀdras (o-stem, fixed accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*ū́ˀdras	*ū́ˀdrōˀ	*ū́ˀdrai⁽ˀ⁾
Accusative	*ū́ˀdran	*ū́ˀdrōˀ	*ū́ˀdrō⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*ū́ˀdrā	*ū́ˀdrāu⁽ˀ⁾	*ū́ˀdrōn
Locative	*ū́ˀdrai	*ū́ˀdrāu⁽ˀ⁾	*ū́ˀdraišu
Dative	*ū́ˀdrōi	*ū́ˀdramā⁽ˀ⁾	*ū́ˀdramas
Instrumental	*ū́ˀdrōˀ	*ū́ˀdramāˀ	*ū́ˀdrōis
Vocative	*ū́ˀdre	*ū́ˀdrōˀ	*ū́ˀdrai⁽ˀ⁾

Related terms

*ū́ˀdrāˀ

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latvian: ûdrs
- Lithuanian: ū́dras
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: udro

References

Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “ūdrs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Nikolajev, S. L. (2012), “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎ (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 54

[1] Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “ūdrs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

[2] Nikolajev, S. L. (2012), “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎ (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 54