Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grotъ

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-. Akin to German Grat (“ridge, edge”), Gräte (“fishbone”) and Old High German grāt.

Noun

*grotъ m

  1. arrowhead, dart, spearhead
    Coordinate terms: *strěla, *kopьje, *sudlica, *oščеpъ

Inflection

Declension of *grotъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *grotъ *grota *groti
genitive *grota *grotu *grotъ
dative *grotu *grotoma *grotomъ
accusative *grotъ *grota *groty
instrumental *grotъmь, *grotomь* *grotoma *groty
locative *grotě *grotu *grotěxъ
vocative *grote *grota *groti

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

adjective
noun

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: грот (grot) (obsolete)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “грот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grotъ I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 140
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