Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kotъ

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

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

Noun

*kòtъ m

1. cat
2. tomcat, male cat

Declension

Declension of *kotъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kotъ	*kota	*koti
genitive	*kota	*kotu	*kotъ
dative	*kotu	*kotoma	*kotomъ
accusative	*kotъ	*kota	*koty
instrumental	*kotъmь, *kotomь*	*kotoma	*koty
locative	*kotě	*kotu	*kotěxъ
vocative	*kote	*kota	*koti

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

See also

• *maca (“cat, pussy”)
• *stьbľь (“wildcat”)

Derived terms

• *kotica
• *koťerъ / *koťurъ
• *koťь
  • *koťьka

• *kotъka
• *koty (possibly)
• *kotьjь

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: котъ (kotŭ)
    • Belarusian: кот (kot)
    • Russian: кот (kot)
    • Ukrainian: кіт (kit)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: кот (kot) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: кот (obsolete)

    Latin: kot (obsolete)

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: kot (dialectal)
  • Kashubian: kòt
  • Polish: kot
  • Slovak: kot (dialectal)
  • Slovincian: kot
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: kót

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

vol=1 Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “кот”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kotъ I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 209