Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kotę

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”) +‎ *-ę.

Noun

*kotę̀ n

kitten

Declension

Declension of *kotę (nt-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kotę	*kotę̀ti	*kotę̀tā
genitive	*kotę̀te	*kotę̀tu	*kotę̀tъ
dative	*kotę̀ti	*kotę̀tьma	*kotę̀tьmъ
accusative	*kotę	*kotę̀ti	*kotę̀tā
instrumental	*kotę̀tьmь	*kotę̀tьma	*kotę̀tȳ
locative	*kotę̀te	*kotę̀tu	*kotę̀tьxъ
vocative	*kotę	*kotę̀ti	*kotę̀tā

Descendants

East Slavic:
- ⇒ Belarusian: кацяня́ (kacjanjá), кацянё (kacjanjó)
- Ukrainian: котя́ (kotjá)
  - ⇒ Ukrainian: котеня́ (kotenjá)
- Middle Russian: котѧ (kotja) (18ᵗʰ c.)
  - ⇒ Russian: котёнок (kotjónok); котеня́ (kotenjá) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ко́те́ (kóté); ко́те (kóte), ко́ти (kóti) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: коте (kote)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: коче; ко̏те (dialectal)
  
  Latin script: koče; kȍte (dialectal)
  ⇒ Cyrillic script: кочета
  
  ⇒ Latin script: kočeta
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: kotě; kótě
  - Czech: kotě; kůtě (dialectal)
    - ⇒ Czech: koťátko
- Old Polish: kocię
  - Polish: kocię
    - ⇒ Polish: kociątko
- Slovak: koča; koce (dialectal)
  - ⇒ Slovak: kočiatko; kotiatka (dialectal)
- Slovincian: kôcã