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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/koťьjь

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 reconstructions

Etymology

From *kotъ (cat) + *-jь + *-ьjь.

Adjective

*koťьjь[2]

  1. (relational) cat

Declension

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: ко́чи (kóči) (dialectal, archaic)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: koči (dialectal)
    • >? Polish: koci
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: koči

References

  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kotьjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 215
  2. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kotjьjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 207
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