Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kakъ

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kōkos, related to *kъto (who). Cognate to Lithuanian kõks.[1][2][3]

Determiner

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*kȃkъ[1][4]

  1. (interrogative, relative) of what/which kind
    Synonym: *jakъ

Declension

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Declension of *kakъ
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *kakъ *kaka *kako
Accusative *kakъ *kakǫ *kako
Genitive *kakogo *kakoję̇ *kakogo
Locative *kakomь *kakoji *kakomь
Dative *kakomu *kakoji *kakomu
Instrumental *kacěmь *kakojǫ *kacěmь
Dual Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *kaka *kacě *kacě
Accusative *kaka *kacě *kacě
Genitive *kakoju *kakoju *kakoju
Locative *kakoju *kakoju *kakoju
Dative *kacěma *kacěma *kacěma
Instrumental *kacěma *kacěma *kacěma
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *kaci *kaky *kaka
Accusative *kaky *kaky *kaka
Genitive *kacěxъ *kacěxъ *kacěxъ
Locative *kacěxъ *kacěxъ *kacěxъ
Dative *kacěmъ *kacěmъ *kacěmъ
Instrumental *kacěmi *kacěmi *kacěmi

Derived terms

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See also

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Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kakъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 219:prn. ‘what (kind of )’
  2. ^ Antoine Meillet (1934) Общеславянский язык (in Russian), 2nd edition, translated from French, Moscow: Прогресс, published 2001, →ISBN, page 354
  3. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “какой”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  4. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kakъ kaka kako”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c (SA 36; PR 139)

Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kako, *kakъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 9 (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 118