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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kotъ

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

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

Noun

*kòtъ m [1]

  1. cat
  2. tomcat, male cat

Declension
Declension of *kotъ (hard o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *kotъ *kota *koti
Accusative *kotъ *kota *koty
Genitive *kota *kotu *kotъ
Locative *kotě *kotu *kotěxъ
Dative *kotu *kotoma *kotomъ
Instrumental *kotъmь, *kotomь* *kotoma *koty
Vocative *kote *kota *koti
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

See also

Derived terms
  • *kotica
  • *koťerъ / *koťurъ
  • *koťь
    • *koťьka
  • *kotъka
  • *koty (possibly)
  • *kotьjь

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: котъ (kotŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: кот (kot) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: кот (obsolete)
      Latin: kot (obsolete)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: kot (dialectal)
    • Kashubian: kòt
    • Polish: kot
    • Slovak: kot (dialectal)
    • Slovincian: kot
    • Sorbian:

Further reading
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “кот”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “кот”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 435
  • Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kotъ I”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 11, Moscow: Nauka, page 209

References
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “kotъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b hankat (PR 134)”
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