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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kotorъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷóteros. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz.

Determiner

*kotorъ [1]

  1. which (of a number)

Declension

Alternative forms

  • *koterъ

See also

  • *(j)eterъ

Derived terms

  • *někotorъ (certain)
  • *nikotorъ (no, none)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: като́ры (katóry)
    • Russian: кото́рый (kotóryj)
    • Rusyn: котрый (kotrŷj)
    • Ukrainian: котри́й (kotrýj)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: которъ (kotorŭ), которꙑи (kotoryi)
    • Serbo-Croatian: kteri (Kajkavian)
    • Slovene: kateri
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*koterъ; *kotorъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 240: “prn. ‘who, which’”
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