Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kotьlьnica

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 *kotь̀lъ +‎ *-ьnъ +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*kotь̀lьnica f

1. a hook for hanging the kettle

Declension

Accent paradigm b.

Declension of *kotьlьnica (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kotьlьnica	*kotьlьnici	*kotьlьnicę̇
genitive	*kotьlьnicę̇	*kotьlьnicu	*kotьlьnicь
dative	*kotьlьnici	*kotьlьnicama	*kotьlьnicamъ
accusative	*kotьlьnicǫ	*kotьlьnici	*kotьlьnicę̇
instrumental	*kotьlьnicejǫ, *kotьlьnicǫ**	*kotьlьnicama	*kotьlьnicami
locative	*kotьlьnici	*kotьlьnicu	*kotьlьnicasъ, *kotьlьnicaxъ*
vocative	*kotьlьnice	*kotьlьnici	*kotьlьnicę̇

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

• *kotь̀lъ
• *kotьlī̃kъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • >? Middle Russian: Коте́льница (Kotélʹnica) (toponym)
    • Russian: Коте́льница (Kotélʹnica)
  • >? Ukrainian: Коте́льниця (Kotélʹnycja) (toponym)
• West Slavic:
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: kóśelnica
  • Polabian: ťütălnaićă