Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kokotъ

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

According to Vasmer, of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Ancient Greek κακκάβη (kakkábē).

Noun

*kokotъ m

  1. rooster

Inflection

Declension of *kokotъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kokotъ *kokota *kokoti
genitive *kokota *kokotu *kokotъ
dative *kokotu *kokotoma *kokotomъ
accusative *kokotъ *kokota *kokoty
instrumental *kokotъmь, *kokotomь* *kokotoma *kokoty
locative *kokotě *kokotu *kokotěxъ
vocative *kokote *kokota *kokoti

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: кокотъ (kokotŭ)
      • Russian: ко́кот (kókot)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: кокотъ (kokotŭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ко̏ко̑т
      Latin script: kȍkōt
    • Slovene: kokȏt (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ко́кот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress