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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kotorъ

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 *koterъjь. For e/o, see also *bebrъ, *elьxa.

Determiner

*kotorъ[1]

  1. Alternative form of *koterъjь

Declension

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • *někotorъjь (some, any)
  • *nikotorъjь (no, none)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: като́ры (katóry)
    • Russian: кото́рый (kotóryj)
      • Kildin Sami: каторэ (katore)
    • Rusyn: котрый (kotrŷj)
    • Ukrainian: котри́й (kotrýj)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: которꙑи (kotoryi, which?; some, any)
    • Bulgarian: котри (kotri) (Southern Dialects)
  • West Slavic:

See also

  • *(j)eterъ

Further reading

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’”
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