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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rьtǫtь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Probably a fossilized present active participle from the verb *rьtь, derived from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist”). If so, related to Lithuanian rìsti (“to roll”), riẽsti (“to roll up”), Latvian rist (“to roll”), riest (“to fall off, separate”), Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist, turn”).
Noun
*rьtǫtь f
- mercury, quicksilver
Declension
Declension of *rьtǫtь (i-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *rьtǫtь | *rьtǫti | *rьtǫti |
Accusative | *rьtǫtь | *rьtǫti | *rьtǫti |
Genitive | *rьtǫti | *rьtǫtьju, *rьtǫťu* | *rьtǫtьjь, *rьtǫti* |
Locative | *rьtǫti | *rьtǫtьju, *rьtǫťu* | *rьtǫtьxъ |
Dative | *rьtǫti | *rьtǫtьma | *rьtǫtьmъ |
Instrumental | *rьtǫtьjǫ, *rьtǫťǫ* | *rьtǫtьma | *rьtǫtьmi |
Vocative | *rьtǫti | *rьtǫti | *rьtǫti |
* 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).
Alternative reconstructions
- *rъtǫtь
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: рътуть (rŭtutĭ)
- Belarusian: ртуць (rtucʹ)
- Russian: ртуть (rtutʹ)
- Ukrainian: ртуть (rtutʹ)
- Old East Slavic: рътуть (rŭtutĭ)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: rtut
- Czech: rtuť
- Bohemian (Chod dialect): tuť
- Czech: rtuť
- Polish: rtęć
- Slovak: ortuť
- Old Czech: rtut
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ртуть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress