Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/katъ

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

Probably from *katati (“to roll, tumble”) +‎ *-ъ (“deverbal suffix”) (the former component whence Russian ката́ть (katátʹ, “to drive, roll”)), itself related to *kotìti (“to tumble, roll”). For an analogous sense development of "rolling" > "executioner", compare Latin tortor (“executioner, torturer”), derived ultimately from torqueō (“to spin, turn”).^[1]

Noun

*katъ m

(West Slavic) executioner

Declension

Declension of *katъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*katъ	*kata	*kati
genitive	*kata	*katu	*katъ
dative	*katu	*katoma	*katomъ
accusative	*katъ	*kata	*katy
instrumental	katъmь, katomь^*	*katoma	*katy
locative	*katě	*katu	*katěxъ
vocative	*kate	*kata	*kati

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

Descendants

West Slavic:
- Old Czech: kat
  - Czech: kat
- Old Polish: kat
  - Polish: kat
    - → Old Ruthenian: катъ (kat)
      - Belarusian: кат (kat)
      - Carpathian Rusyn: кат (kat)
      - Ukrainian: кат (kat)
      - → Russian: кат (kat) (dialectal)
  - Silesian: kat
- Old Slovak: kat
  - Pannonian Rusyn: кат (kat)
  - Slovak: kat
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: kat
  - Slovincian: kat
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: kat
  - Upper Sorbian: kat

References

^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “kat”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 224

[1] Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “kat”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 224

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