Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kotъ

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

Probably from Latin cattus or Proto-Germanic *kattuz (see those entries and cat for further etymology).[1]

Noun

*kòtъ m[2]

  1. cat
  2. tomcat, male cat

Declension

Declension of *kòtъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *kòtъ *kotà *kotì
genitive *kotà *kotù *kòtъ
dative *kotù *kotòma *kotòmъ
accusative *kòtъ *kotà *kotỳ
instrumental *kotъ̀mь, *kotòmь* *kotòma *kòty
locative *kotě̀ *kotù *kòtěxъ
vocative *kote *kotà *kotì

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

See also

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: котъ (kotŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: котъ (kot)
        • Belarusian: кот (kot)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: кот (kot), кут (kut) (regional, dialectal)
        • Ukrainian: кіт (kit)
      • Russian: кот m (kot, cat)
        • Russian: ко́тко (kótko, kitten) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: кот (kot) (archaic, dialectal)
      • Bulgarian: кота́к (koták); кута́к (kuták) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian: kot (archaic, rare)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: kot
      • Czech: kot (dialectal)
    • Old Polish: kot
      • Polish: kot (cat; hare)
        • Polish: kotek (kitty, little male cat)
    • Old Slovak: *kot
      • Pannonian Rusyn: кот (kot)
      • Slovak: kot (Eastern Slovak, dialectal)
        • Slovak: kotena f (female cat)
    • Pomeranian:
      • Kashubian: kòt
      • Slovincian: kôt
    • Sorbian:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “кот”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 435

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kotъ I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 209
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kotъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b hankat (PR 134)