Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krъtъ

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 Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to crook”) + *-ъtъ, related to Lithuanian kertùs (“shrew”) and perhaps Proto-Slavic *čьrtъ (“evil creature”).

May have been coined as an alternative to Proto-Balto-Slavic *kúrmis (“mole”) (whence Latvian kur̃mis, Lithuanian kùrmis) in order to avoid confusion with unrelated Proto-Slavic *kъrmъ (“fodder, nutrient”).

Noun

*krъ̀tъ m[1]

mole (burrowing mammal of the family Talpidae)

Declension

Declension of *krъ̀tъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*krъ̀tъ	*krъtà	*krъtì
Accusative	*krъ̀tъ	*krъtà	*krъtỳ
Genitive	*krъtà	*krъtù	*krъ̀tъ
Locative	*krъtě̀	*krъtù	*krъ̀těxъ
Dative	*krъtù	*krъtòma	*krъtòmъ
Instrumental	krъtъ̀mь, krъtòmь^*	*krъtòma	*krъ̀ty
Vocative	*krъte	*krъtà	*krъtì

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

Derived terms

*krъtica, *krъtina
*krъtovina (“lump of earth”)

Related terms

*kъrtiti (“to peck, to trash”)
*krъtovъ (“hectic, leaky”)
*krъtogъ (“hole, burrow”)
*kryti (“to cover, to conceal”)
*krovъ (“roof”)

Descendants

East Slavic: кротъ (krotŭ), крътъ (krŭtŭ)
- Belarusian: крот (krot)
- Russian: крот (krot)
- Ukrainian: кріт (krit)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: крътъ (krŭtŭ)
- Bulgarian: крът m (krǎt), кърти́ца f (kǎrtíca)
- Macedonian: крт m (krt), кртица f (krtica)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: кр̀тица
  
  Latin: kr̀tica
- Slovene: kȓt
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: krt
  - Czech: krt, krtek
- Kashubian: kret
- Polabian: korťĕtüc
- Polish: kret
- Slovak: krt
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: kšet
  - Upper Sorbian: knot

Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: cârtiță

References

Snoj, Marko (2016), “krt”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*krъtъ̏”

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “крот”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*krъtъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 57
Georgiev V. I., editor (1986), “къртица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 218
“kertus”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

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[1] Snoj, Marko (2016), “krt”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*krъtъ̏”