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.

Related terms

• *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
    • 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