Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫkotь

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 Pre-Slavic *ankatis, a derivative of Proto-Balto-Slavic *ankas (a hook, loop), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ónkos (bend, turn).[1]

Noun

*ǫkotь f[1]

  1. hook

Declension

Declension of *ǫkotь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *ǫkotь *ǫkoti *ǫkoti
genitive *ǫkoti *ǫkotьju, *ǫkoťu* *ǫkotьjь, *ǫkoti*
dative *ǫkoti *ǫkotьma *ǫkotьmъ
accusative *ǫkotь *ǫkoti *ǫkoti
instrumental *ǫkotьjǫ, *ǫkoťǫ* *ǫkotьma *ǫkotьmi
locative *ǫkoti *ǫkotьju, *ǫkoťu* *ǫkotьxъ
vocative *ǫkoti *ǫkoti *ǫkoti

* 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: укоть (ukotĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: ѫкоть (ǫkotĭ)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ǫkotь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 386