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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/koterъjь

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kateras, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷóteros (which of 2), from *kʷos (what?, which?) + *-teros (contrastive).

Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz, Sanskrit कतर (katara).

Determiner

*koterъjь[1]

  1. which (of a number)
    Synonym: *kъjь
  2. (indefinite) some
    Synonyms: *někъjь, *někotorъjь

Declension

See also

Derived terms

  • *někoterъjь (some, any)
  • *nikoterъjь (no, none)

Usage notes

  • Only attested as definitive (_1):
0:indef
1:def
*koterъ
*koterъjь
*kotorъ
*kotorъjь
*kъtorъ
*kъtorъjь
*kъterъ
*kъterъjь
Derksen0_0_..
ESSJa0101_1_1
Chernykh_1_1..
Vasmer.0_..
  • Forms with e/o are attested X times in: Old Church Slavonic (2/51)[2]

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: котерꙑи (koteryj)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: který
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): keryj
    • Slovak: koterý
    • Kashubian: chtëren
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: kótery

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*koterъ; *kotorъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 240: “prn. ‘who, which’”
  2. Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), которꙑи и котерꙑи”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 292

Further reading

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