Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kǫtъ

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

Per Derksen 2008, cognate with Lithuanian kam̃pas (“corner”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kamptas, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to curve, bend”)^[1]

Has been further compared with Ancient Greek κανθός (kanthós, “eye's corner”) (phonetically problematic), Proto-Celtic *kantos (“edge”).

Noun

*kǫ̃tъ m^[2]^[3]

corner

Inflection

Declension of *kǫ̃tъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kǫ̃tъ	*kǭtà	*kǭtì
genitive	*kǭtà	*kǭtù	*kǫ̃tъ
dative	*kǭtù	*kǭtòma	*kǭtòmъ
accusative	*kǫ̃tъ	*kǭtà	*kǭtỳ
instrumental	kǭtъ̀mь, kǭtòmь^*	*kǭtòma	*kǫ̃ty
locative	*kǭtě̀	*kǭtù	*kǫ̃těxъ
vocative	*kǫte	*kǭtà	*kǭtì

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: кут (kut)
- Russian: кут (kut) (dialectal)
- Carpathian Rusyn: кут (kut)
- Ukrainian: кут (kut)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: кѫтъ (kǫtŭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰽⱘⱅⱏ (kǫtŭ)
- Bulgarian: кът (kǎt), кънт (kǎnt) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: кат (kat)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ку̑т
  
  Latin script: kȗt
- Slovene: kọ́t (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: kút
  - Czech: kout
- Old Polish: kąt
  - Polish: kąt
  - Silesian: kōnt
- Old Slovak: kút
  - Pannonian Rusyn: кут (kut)
  - Slovak: kút
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: kąt
  - Slovincian: kõt

→? Albanian: kënd^[4]

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “525”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 525
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kǫ́tъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244: “m. o (b) ‘corner’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kǫtъ kǫta”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b corner, shelter (NA 102f.; SA 147; PR 134; RPT 85, 101)”
^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎^[2], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 40

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “525”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 525

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kǫ́tъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244: “m. o (b) ‘corner’”

[3] Olander, Thomas (2001) “kǫtъ kǫta”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b corner, shelter (NA 102f.; SA 147; PR 134; RPT 85, 101)”

[4] Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎^[2], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 40

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