Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klopotъ

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

From *klopъ (“knock! tap!”) +‎ *-otъ, or deverbal from *klopati (“to tap”), *klopotati, ultimately of onomatopoeic origin.

Noun

*klopotъ m

1. clatter, tumult, noise
   1. → anxiety
      1. → worry, anguish

Declension

Declension of *klopotъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*klopotъ	*klopota	*klopoti
genitive	*klopota	*klopotu	*klopotъ
dative	*klopotu	*klopotoma	*klopotomъ
accusative	*klopotъ	*klopota	*klopoty
instrumental	*klopotъmь, *klopotomь*	*klopotoma	*klopoty
locative	*klopotě	*klopotu	*klopotěxъ
vocative	*klopote	*klopota	*klopoti

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *klopota

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: клопотъ (klopotŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: кло́потъ (klópot)
      • Belarusian: кло́пат (klópat)
      • Ukrainian: кло́пiт (klópit)
    • Russian: хло́поты pl (xlópoty), клопо́т (klopót) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: клопотъ (klopotŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰽⰾⱁⱂⱁⱅⱏ (klopotŭ)

    • → Romanian: clopot (“bell”)

  • Bulgarian: кло́пот (klópot), кло́пут (klóput) (dialectal)
  • Slovene: klopòt (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: lopot
    • Czech: klopot
  • Old Polish: kłopot
    • Polish: kłopot
    • Silesian: kłopot
  • Slovak: klopot
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: kłopòt, chłopòt
    • Slovincian: klôpôt

Further reading

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