оутва
Old Ruthenian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic оу́тꙑ (úty), from Proto-Slavic *ǫ̀ty from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ánˀtō from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts. Cognate with Russian утва́ (utvá).
Noun
у́тва • (útva) f anim
- duck
Descendants
- Belarusian: ву́тва (vútva), вутва́ (vutvá) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: у́тва (útva)
Further reading
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2015), “утва”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 35 (уморати – фолдровый), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 233