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 *kòtъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kòtъ	*kotà	*kotì
Accusative	*kòtъ	*kotà	*kotỳ
Genitive	*kotà	*kotù	*kòtъ
Locative	*kotě̀	*kotù	*kòtěxъ
Dative	*kotù	*kotòma	*kotòmъ
Instrumental	*kotъ̀mь, *kotòmь*	*kotòma	*kòty
Vocative	*kote	*kotà	*kotì

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

See also

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

Derived terms

• *kotę
• *kotica
• *koťь
  • *koťerъ / *koťurъ
  • *koťьka
• *kotъka
• *koty (possibly)
• *kotьjь

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: котъ (kotŭ, “cat (house cat); tomcat”)
    • Old Ruthenian: котъ (kot)
      • Belarusian: кот (kot)
      • Rusyn: кот (kot) (regional, rare)
      • Ukrainian: кіт (kit)
    • Russian: кот m (kot, “cat”)
      • ⇒ Russian: ко́тко (kótko, “kitten”) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: кот (kot, “cat”) (archaic, dialectal)
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: кота́к (koták, “cat”); кута́к (kuták) (dialectal)
  • Old Serbo-Croatian: kot (“cat”) (rare)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: kot
    • Czech: kot (“cat”) (dialectal)
  • Kashubian: kòt
  • Old Polish: kot (“cat”), Kot (“surname​ (14th cent.)”)
    • Polish: kot (“cat; (dial.) hare”)
      • ⇒ Polish: kotek (“kitty, little male cat”)
  • Slovak: kot (“cat”) (Eastern Slovak, dialectal)
    • ⇒ Slovak: kotena f (“female cat”)
  • Slovincian: kot (“cat; hare”), kœt, kʉ̀ɵ̯t, kᵘ̯ot; kùɵ̯tk (“kitty”)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: kót (“cat”)
    • Upper Sorbian: kót

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “кот”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, Pavel (1999), “кот”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russian Language, page 435
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kotъ I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 209