Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skotъ

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

The exact etymological provenance is contested.

Possibly a Germanic loanword, from Proto-Germanic *skattaz (“cattle”).

Noun

*skotъ m

  1. cattle

Declension

Declension of *skotъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *skotъ *skota *skoti
genitive *skota *skotu *skotъ
dative *skotu *skotoma *skotomъ
accusative *skotъ *skota *skoty
instrumental *skotъmь, *skotomь* *skotoma *skoty
locative *skotě *skotu *skotěxъ
vocative *skote *skota *skoti

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: скотъ (skotŭ)
    • Old Novgorodian: скоте (skote)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: skuot, skót
    • Polabian: sťöt
    • Old Polish: skot
    • Sorbian:

Further reading

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