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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kotьcь

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

Diminutive of an earlier *kotvь, *kotъ (u-stem) +‎ *-ьcь. If native in origin, then may be a deverbial noun from Proto-Slavic *kotati (“to fold, to wrap”). Possibly distantly akin to Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀‎ (kata, “room, hut”), Old English heaþor (“enclosure, jail”), Ancient Greek κοτύλη (kotúlē, “cup, pint”). Compared in the past with Old Norse kot (“cottage”), Middle Low German kote (“ramshackles”) (presumably from Proto-Germanic *kutą); however, nowadays, relation usually dismissed.

If an orginal meaning “enclosure, interlacement” is presumed, then likely related to Proto-Slavic *košь (“basket”), *košara (“pen, sheepfold”).

Further resembling various wandering words throughout Eurasia: Proto-Uralic *kota (“hut”), Proto-Mongolic *kotan (“town”) (whence Mongolian хот (xot)), Turkish kodak (“shelter, home”).

Noun

*kotьcь m[1]

  1. pen, paddock, cottage, pigsty
    Synonym: *xlěvъ

Declension
Declension of *kotьcь (soft o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *kotьcь *kotьca *kotьci
Accusative *kotьcь *kotьca *kotьcę̇
Genitive *kotьca *kotьcu *kotьcь
Locative *kotьci *kotьcu *kotьcixъ
Dative *kotьcu *kotьcema *kotьcemъ
Instrumental *kotьcьmь, *kotьcemь* *kotьcema *kotьci
Vocative *kotьče *kotьca *kotьci
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *kotьčina (“pigsty”)
  • *koty (“anchor”)
  • *kotuxъ, *katuxъ (“pen, fold”)
  • *kotulь (“turn, circle”)
  • *koterъ, *kotora (“enclosed area in farm, fold”)
  • *koťurь (“splice, knob”)
  • *kotoma (“interlacing”)
  • *košara (“cottage”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: коте́ц (kotéc) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: коте́ць (kotécʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: котьць (kotĭcĭ)
    • Bulgarian: коте́ц (kotéc)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ко̀тац
      Latin: kòtac
    • Slovene: kótǝc (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kotьcь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 241: “m. jo”
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