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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kotъka

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 1

Originally a diminutive form of *kòtъ (“cat”) +‎ *-ъka (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

*kòtъka f

  1. feminine of *kotъ (“cat”)
    Synonym: *mačьka
Declension
Declension of *kotъka (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kotъka *kotъcě *kotъky
genitive *kotъky *kotъku *kotъkъ
dative *kotъcě *kotъkama *kotъkamъ
accusative *kotъkǫ *kotъcě *kotъky
instrumental *kotъkojǫ, *kotъkǫ** *kotъkama *kotъkami
locative *kotъcě *kotъku *kotъkasъ, *kotъkaxъ*
vocative *kotъko *kotъcě *kotъky
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ко́тъка (kótŭka)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: котъка (kotŭka)
      Glagolitic script: ⰽⱁⱅⱏⰽⰰ (kotŭka)
    • Bulgarian: ко́тка (kótka)
    • Macedonian: котка (kotka) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: котка (archaic, rare)
      Latin script: kotka (archaic, rare)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: kotka
    • Old Polish: kotka
      • Polish: kotka; ku̯etka (dialectal)
    • Slovincian: kôtk

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kotъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 212
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “котка¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 676

Etymology 2

From *koty (“anchor”) +‎ *-ъka (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

*kòtъka f

  1. Alternative form of *koty (“anchor”)
  2. (by extension) pulley, roll
Declension
Declension of *kotъka (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kotъka *kotъcě *kotъky
genitive *kotъky *kotъku *kotъkъ
dative *kotъcě *kotъkama *kotъkamъ
accusative *kotъkǫ *kotъcě *kotъky
instrumental *kotъkojǫ, *kotъkǫ** *kotъkama *kotъkami
locative *kotъcě *kotъku *kotъkasъ, *kotъkaxъ*
vocative *kotъko *kotъcě *kotъky
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
  • *kotiti (“to roll, to tong”)
  • *kotъkъ (“roller”)
  • *kotučь (“roller, wheel”), *katučьka (“cart”)
Descendants
  • South Slavic:
  • → Albanian: kotkë (“bundle, curl”)
  • → Aromanian: cotcă (“pulley”)

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ко́тка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “котка³”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 676
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