Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-otъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Derived from *-tъ appended to o-stems *-о, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tós.
Suffix
*-otъ m
- From adjectives/adverbs, forms action nouns
- 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
Declension
Declension of *-otъ (hard o-stem)
Derived terms
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 06 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 89
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gogotati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 06 (*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