Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klekotъ

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

It can be analyzed as a deverbal of *klekati.

Noun

*klekotъ m

1. scream
2. clatter

Declension

Declension of *klekotъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*klekotъ	*klekota	*klekoti
genitive	*klekota	*klekotu	*klekotъ
dative	*klekotu	*klekotoma	*klekotomъ
accusative	*klekotъ	*klekota	*klekoty
instrumental	*klekotъmь, *klekotomь*	*klekotoma	*klekoty
locative	*klekotě	*klekotu	*klekotěxъ
vocative	*klekote	*klekota	*klekoti

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: клёкат (kljókat)
  • Russian: клёкот (kljókot)
  • Ukrainian: кле́кiт (klékit)
• South Slavic:
  • Macedonian: кљакот (kljakot) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: klekot
  • Polish: klekot
  • Slovak: klekot
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: klekot
    • Lower Sorbian: klekot

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klekotъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 9 (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 191