Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krъtъ

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

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
genitive	*krъ̏ta	*krъtù	*krъ̀tъ
dative	*krъ̏tu	*krъtomà	*krъtòmъ
accusative	*krъ̏tъ	*krъ̏ta	*krъ̏ty
instrumental	*krъ̏tъmь, *krъ̏tomь*	*krъtomà	*krъtý
locative	*krъ̏tě	*krъtù	*krъtě̃xъ
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 script: кртица

    Latin script: krtica

  • Slovene: kȓt
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: krt, krtek
  • Polish: kret
  • Slovak: krt
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: kšet
    • Upper Sorbian: knot

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “крот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*krъtъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 57
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “къртица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 218