Latvian

Noun

ūdra m

1. genitive singular form of ūdrs

Noun

ūdra m

1. (dialectal form) genitive singular form of ūdris

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ūˀdrāˀ; compare Latvian ûdrs, Old Prussian udro, Proto-Slavic *vỳdra ‎(“otter”).^[1] From Proto-Indo-European *udreh₂, a substantivized feminine of *udrós ‎(“aquatic, of water”). Compare Ancient Greek ὕδρα ‎(húdra, “sea serpent”), Latin lutra ‎(“otter”).^[2]

The long vowel and acute accuentation are reflexes of Winter's Law (compare vanduõ ‎(“water”), where Winter's law was blocked).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈuːdrɐ/

Noun

ū́dra f ‎(plural ū́dros) stress pattern 1

1. otter (Lutra lutra)

Declension

Derived terms

• ūdrinis
• ūdrena

Related terms

• vanduo

References

1. ↑ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978 90 04 27898 1, page 477
2. ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 355