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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/botьjanъ

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

Alternative reconstructions
  • *botěnъ (ЭССЯ)

Etymology

Probably of onomatopoeic origin, from the root of Proto-Slavic *botati, *botěti (“to bash, to prong”) + *-janъ, in association to the “cracking” call of storks or to their prong-like hunting technique. Alternatively, a borrowing.

Noun

*botьjanъ m

  1. stork
    Synonym: *stьrkъ

Declension
Declension of *botьjanъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *botьjanъ *botьjana *botьjani
genitive *botьjana *botьjanu *botьjanъ
dative *botьjanu *botьjanoma *botьjanomъ
accusative *botьjanъ *botьjana *botьjany
instrumental *botьjanъmь, *botьjanomь* *botьjanoma *botьjany
locative *botьjaně *botьjanu *botьjaněxъ
vocative *botьjane *botьjana *botьjani
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
  • *botęga (“stork”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: баця́н (bacján), буця́н (bucján)
    • Russian: ботя́н (botján)
    • Ukrainian: боця́н (bocján)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: боцан (bocan)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: bočan
    • Kashubian: bocón
    • Polabian: büťăn
    • Old Polish: bocian
    • Slovak: bocian
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: bóśan
      • Upper Sorbian: baćon

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*botьjanъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 226
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ботья́н”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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