Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-otъ

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

Derived from *-tъ appended to o-stems *-о, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tós.

Suffix

*-otъ m

1. From adjectives/adverbs, forms action nouns

   Synonyms: *-nь, *-kъ

   *životъ (“life”) ← *živo (“lively”)

   *jьmotъ (“property, estate”) ← **jьmo ← *jьměti (“to have”)

   *xobotъ (“trunk, proboscis”) ← **xobo ← *skoba (“bracket”)

2. From onomatopoeic verbs, forms action nouns

   Synonym: *-očь

   *groxotъ (“crush, din”) ← *groxati (“to thunder, to echo”)

   *blekotъ (“fool's parsley”) ← *blekati (“to mumble, to daydream”)

   *trepetъ (“trill, tremble”) ← *trepati (“to swingle, to tremble”)

   *gogotъ (“titter, laughter”) ← reduplicated form of *gakati (“to sniggle”) ← interjection *ga-ga!

   *klokotъ (“clutter”) (along with *klokočь) ← Pre-Slavic *klokti (“to gurgle, to rill”)

Alternative forms

• *-etъ (when appended to yo-stems)

Related terms

• *-ota f
• *-otь (i-stem)
• *-ъtъ (appended to u-stems or with -o- reduced)

Declension

Declension of *-otъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-otъ	*-ota	*-oti
genitive	*-ota	*-otu	*-otъ
dative	*-otu	*-otoma	*-otomъ
accusative	*-otъ	*-ota	*-oty
instrumental	*-otъmь, *-otomь*	*-otoma	*-oty
locative	*-otě	*-otu	*-otěxъ
vocative	*-ote	*-ota	*-oti

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

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-otъ

References

• J. Halla-aho (2006): "Nouns in */-t-o-/" in Problems of Proto-Slavic Historical Nominal Morphology, University of Helsenki, p. 66

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gakati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 89
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gogotati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 195
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klokati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 62
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klokotъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 63