Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nogъtь

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 a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₃negʰ-. Equivalent to *noga (“feet”) +‎ *-ъtь.

Noun

*nȍgъtь m

(anatomy) nail

Declension

Per Derksen 2008, this can alternatively be reconstructed with jo-stem declension.

Declension of *nȍgъtь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*nȍgъtь	*nȍgъti	nȍgъtьjē, nȍgъťē^*
Accusative	*nȍgъtь	*nȍgъti	*nȍgъti
Genitive	*nogъtí	nogъtьjù, nogъťu^*	*nogъtь̀jь
Locative	*nogъtí	nogъtьjù, nogъťu^*	*nȍgъtьxъ
Dative	*nȍgъti	*nogъtьmà	*nȍgъtьmъ
Instrumental	*nȍgъtьmь	*nogъtьmà	*nogъtьmì
Vocative	*nogъti	*nȍgъti	nȍgъtьjē, nȍgъťē^*

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

*paznogъtь

Related terms

*noga

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: но́гаць (nóhacʹ)
- Russian: но́готь (nógotʹ)
- Rusyn: но́хоть (nóxotʹ)
- Ukrainian: ні́готь (níhotʹ)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: ногъть (nogŭtĭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰐⰑⰃⰟⰕⰠ (NOGŬTĬ)
- Bulgarian: но́кът (nókǎt)
- Macedonian: нокт (nokt)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: но̏кат
  
  Latin: nȍkat
  - Molise Croatian: nȍhat
- Slovene: nọ̑ht (tonal orthography)

West Slavic:
- Czech: nehet
- Kashubian: nokc
- Old Polish: nokieć, nogieć
- Slovak: necht
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: nokś
  - Upper Sorbian: nochć

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “ноготь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
Derksen, Rick (2008), “*nogъtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 355

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