Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/trǫtъ

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

Per Vasmer and Pokorny, perhaps ultimately from imitative Proto-Indo-European *dʰrēu- (“to drone”). Cognates include Lithuanian trãnas (“drone”), Latvian trans (“drone”).

Noun

*trǫtъ m

drone

Declension

Declension of *trǫtъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*trǫtъ	*trǫta	*trǫti
Accusative	*trǫtъ	*trǫta	*trǫty
Genitive	*trǫta	*trǫtu	*trǫtъ
Locative	*trǫtě	*trǫtu	*trǫtěxъ
Dative	*trǫtu	*trǫtoma	*trǫtomъ
Instrumental	trǫtъmь, trǫtomь^*	*trǫtoma	*trǫty
Vocative	*trǫte	*trǫta	*trǫti

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- ⇒ Belarusian: тру́цень (trúcjenʹ)
- ⇒ Russian: тру́тень (trútenʹ)
- ⇒ Ukrainian: тру́тень (trútenʹ)
South Slavic:
- ⇒ Bulgarian: търтей (tǎrtej)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: тру̑т
  Latin: trȗt
- Slovene: trọ̑t
West Slavic:
- Czech: trout
- Old Polish: trant; trąd
  - Polish: trąd
- ⇒ Polish: trucień; truteń
- Silesian: trōnt
- Slovak: trúd
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: tšut
  - Upper Sorbian: truta

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 498
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “тру́тень”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 255-56