Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nogъtь

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nagutis. Morphologically from *noga (“foot”) +‎ *-ъtь. Cognate with Lithuanian nagùtis and Old Prussian nagutis.

Noun

*nȍgъtь m

(anatomy) nail

Declension

Per Derksen 2008, this can alternatively be reconstructed with jo-stem declension.

Declension of *nȍgъtь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nȍgъtь	*nȍgъti	nȍgъtьjē, nȍgъťē^*
genitive	*nogъtí	nogъtьjù, nogъťu^*	*nogъtь̀jь
dative	*nȍgъti	*nogъtьmà	*nȍgъtьmъ
accusative	*nȍgъtь	*nȍgъti	*nȍgъti
instrumental	*nȍgъtьmь	*nogъtьmà	*nogъtьmì
locative	*nogъtí	nogъtьjù, nogъťu^*	*nȍgъtьxъ
vocative	*nogъti	*nȍgъti	nȍgъtьjē, nȍgъťē^*

^* 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).

Derived terms

*paznogъtь

Related terms

*noga

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ногъть (nogŭtĭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: но́готь (nóhotʹ)
    - Belarusian: но́гаць (nóhacʹ)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: но́хоть (nóxotʹ)
    - Ukrainian: ні́готь (níhotʹ)
  - Russian: но́готь (nógotʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: ногъть (nogŭtĭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱀⱁⰳⱏⱅⱐ (nogŭtĭ)
- Bulgarian: но́кът (nókǎt)
- Macedonian: нокт (nokt)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: но̏кат
  
  Latin script: nȍkat
  - Slavomolisano: nȍhat
- Slovene: nọ̑ht (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: nohet
  - Czech: nehet
- Kashubian: nokc
- Polabian: nüďit
- Old Polish: nogieć
- Slovak: necht
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: nokś
  - Upper Sorbian: nochć

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ноготь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nogъtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 355

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