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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/koty

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 *kotъ (cat) + *-y.

Compare Serbo-Croatian mȁčka (cat; anchor)[1], Hungarian vasmacska (literally iron cat), Old Church Slavonic котъка (kotŭka, anchor), Russian кошка (koška, anchor with 3-5 flukes)[2], Romanian cătușă (anchor), German Kattanker / Katzanker (small anchor), Middle Low German katt (small anchor) and Ancient Greek κότυς (kótus), Κότυς (Kótus).[3]

Noun

*kotỳ f

  1. anchor

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: котва (kotva) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: кі́тва (kítva)
      • Ukrainian: кі́тви́ця (kítvýcja)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: kotva; kotev (dialectal)
    • Polabian: ťötåi (cat)
    • Old Polish: kotew, kotwa
    • Slovak: kotva
    • Slovincian: kᵘ̯otäv, kœtev
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: kótwa
        • Lower Sorbian: kótwica
      • Upper Sorbian: kótwa
        • Upper Sorbian: kótwica

References

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), *koty”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 213
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), ко́тва”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
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