Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tata

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tatas, from Proto-Indo-European *tatás.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian tė̃tis, tėtýtis, tė̃tė, Latvian tētis, Old Prussian thetis.

Indo-European cognates include Vedic Sanskrit तत (tatá), Sanskrit तात (tā́ta), Ancient Greek τατᾶ (tatâ), τέττα (tétta), Latin tata, Cornish tat, Albanian tatë.

Noun

*tata m

1. dad, daddy

Related terms

Category Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tata- not found

Derived terms

(diminutives)

• *tatę
• *tatъko

Declension

Declension of *tata (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tata	*tatě	*taty
genitive	*taty	*tatu	*tatъ
dative	*tatě	*tatama	*tatamъ
accusative	*tatǫ	*tatě	*taty
instrumental	*tatojǫ, *tatǫ**	*tatama	*tatami
locative	*tatě	*tatu	*tatasъ, *tataxъ*
vocative	*tato	*tatě	*taty

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** 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).

See also

Proto-Slavic family terms

*sěmьja, *rodina (“family”)	Male	Female
parent	*otъ, *otьcь (“father”) nursery: *tata	*mati (“mother”) nursery: *mama
sibling	*bratrъ (“brother”)	*sestra (“sister”)
child	*synъ (“son”)	*dъťi (“daughter”)
grandparent	– (“grandfather”) nursery: *dědъ; *nana	*ova (“grandmother”) nursery: *baba; *nena
grandchild	*vъnukъ (“grandson”)	*vъnuka (“granddaughter”)
stepparent	*otьčimъ (“stepfather”)	*maťexa (“stepmother”)
stepchild	*pastorъkъ (“stepson”)	*pastorъka (“stepdaughter”)
father's sibling	*strъjь (“paternal uncle”) nursery: *dada; *lola	– (“paternal aunt”) nursery: *teta; *lelja
mother's sibling	*ujь (“maternal uncle”) nursery: *dada; *lola	– (“maternal aunt”) nursery: *teta; *lelja
sibling's child	*netьjь (“nephew”)	*nestera (“niece”)
spouse	*mǫžь (“husband”)	*žena (“wife”)
parent of wife	*tьstь (“father-in-law (wife's father)”)	*tьšča (“mother-in-law (wife's mother)”)
parent of husband	*svekrъ (“father-in-law (husband's father)”)	*svekry (“mother-in-law (husband's father)”)
sibling of wife	*šurь (“brother-in-law (wife's brother)”)	*svěstь, *svьstь (“sister-in-law (wife's sister)”)
sibling of husband	*děverь (“brother-in-law (husband's brother)”)	*zъly (“sister-in-law (husband's sister)”)
spouse of child	*zętь (“son-in-law (daughter's husband)”)	*snъxa (“daughter-in-law (son's wife)”)
spouse of husband's brother	–	*ętry (“sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *тата (*tata)
    • Old Ruthenian: та́та (táta), та́то (táto)
      • Belarusian: та́та (táta), та́то (táto) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: та́то (táto); та́та (táta) (dialectal)
    • Russian: та́та (táta), та́той (tátoj) (dialectal); тя́тя (tjátja)
      • → Livvi: tuatto
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: та́те (táte), dimin. та́тко (tátko)
  • Macedonian: татко (tatko)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: та̏та

    Latin script: tȁta

  • Slovene: táta
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: táta
  • Kashubian: tata, dimin. tatk
  • Polish: tata, dimin. tatko
  • Slovak: tata
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: tata
    • Lower Sorbian: tata

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тата”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тятя”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “тятя”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 278