 | ThisProto-Slavic entry containsreconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directlyattested, but are hypothesized to have existed based oncomparative evidence. |
From*pъta +*-ica, fromProto-Balto-Slavic*put-. Cognate withLatvianputns(“bird”) (see there for more theories and potential cognates),[1]Lithuanianputýtis(“little bird”),Lithuanianpučiùtė(“chicken”). Perhaps also more distantly cognate withLatinputila(“chick, baby bird”) and (per Vasmer) various words referring to children, e.g.Latinputus,putillus(“child”),Sanskritपुत्र(putrá,“child, son”),Avestan𐬞𐬎𐬚𐬭𐬀(puθra,“child, son”),Paelignianpuclo-(“child”). Chernykh addsLatinpullus(“chicken”) <Proto-Indo-European*put-s-lo-.
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pъtìca | *pъtìci | *pъtìcę̇ |
| genitive | *pъtìcę̇ | *pъtìcu | *pъtìcь |
| dative | *pъtìcī | *pъtìcama | *pъtìcāmъ |
| accusative | *pъtìcǫ | *pъtìci | *pъtìcę̇ |
| instrumental | *pъtìcējǫ,*pъtìcǭ* | *pъtìcama | *pъtìcāmī |
| locative | *pъtìcī | *pъtìcu | *pъtìcāsъ |
| vocative | *pъtìce | *pъtìci | *pъtìcę̇ |
* 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).