Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krъtъ

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

Most likely formed from the 0-grade of Pre-Slavic *kerti (“to peck, to cut, to burrow”) +‎ *-ъtъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off, to turn”). If correct, then cognates include Proto-Germanic *hreudaną (“to decorate, to peck”), Lithuanian kráuti (“to pile”), Latvian kraũt (“to load, to pile”).

Noun

*krъtъ m [1]

mole (burrowing mammal)

Declension

Declension of *krъ̏tъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*krъ̏tъ	*krъ̏ta	*krъ̏ti
Accusative	*krъ̏tъ	*krъ̏ta	*krъ̏ty
Genitive	*krъ̏ta	*krъtù	*krъ̀tъ
Locative	*krъ̏tě	*krъtù	*krъtě̃xъ
Dative	*krъ̏tu	*krъtomà	*krъtòmъ
Instrumental	krъ̏tъmь, krъ̏tomь^*	*krъtomà	*krъtý
Vocative	*krъte	*krъ̏ta	*krъ̏ti

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

Related terms

*kъrtiti (“to peck, to trash”)
*krъtovъ (“hectic, leaky”)
*krъtovina (“lump of earth”)
*krъtogъ (“hole, crater”)
*kryti (“to cover, to conceal”)
*krovъ (“roof”)

Derived terms

*krъtica f
*krъtina (“large mole”)

Descendants

East Slavic: кротъ (krotŭ), крътъ (krŭtŭ)
- Belarusian: крот (krot)
- Russian: крот (krot)
- Ukrainian: кріт (krit)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: крътъ (krŭtŭ)
- Bulgarian крът m (krǎt), къртѝца f (kǎrtìca)
- Macedonian крт m (krt), кртица f (krtica)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: кртица
  
  Latin: krtica
- Slovene: kȓt
West Slavic:
- Czech: krt, krtek
- Polish: kret
- Slovak: krt
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: kšet
  - Upper Sorbian: knot

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “крот”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1987), “*krъtъ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 13, Moscow: Nauka, page 57
Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1986), “къртица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 218

References

Snoj, Marko (2016), “krt”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*krъtъ̏”

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[1] Snoj, Marko (2016), “krt”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*krъtъ̏”