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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/botьjanъ
Proto-Slavic
Alternative reconstructions
- *botěnъ (ЭССЯ)
Etymology
Probably of onomatopoeic origin, from the root of Proto-Slavic *botati, *botěti (“to bash, to prong”) + *-janъ, in association to the “cracking” call of storks or to their prong-like hunting technique. Alternatively, a borrowing.
Noun
*botьjanъ m
- stork
- Synonym: *stьrkъ
Declension
Declension of *botьjanъ (hard o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *botьjanъ | *botьjana | *botьjani |
Accusative | *botьjanъ | *botьjana | *botьjany |
Genitive | *botьjana | *botьjanu | *botьjanъ |
Locative | *botьjaně | *botьjanu | *botьjaněxъ |
Dative | *botьjanu | *botьjanoma | *botьjanomъ |
Instrumental | *botьjanъmь, *botьjanomь* | *botьjanoma | *botьjany |
Vocative | *botьjane | *botьjana | *botьjani |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
- *botęga (“stork”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: буця́н (bucján)
- Russian: ботя́н (botján)
- Ukrainian: боця́н (bocján)
- Rusyn: боцан (bocan)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: bočan
- Kashubian: bocón
- Polabian: büťăn
- Old Polish: bocian
- Polish: bocian
- Slovak: bocian
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: bóśan
- Upper Sorbian: baćon
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*botьjanъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 226
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ботья́н”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress