Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klekotъ

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

It can be analyzed as a deverbal of *klekati.

Noun

*klekotъ m

  1. scream
  2. clatter

Declension

Declension of *klekotъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *klekotъ *klekota *klekoti
genitive *klekota *klekotu *klekotъ
dative *klekotu *klekotoma *klekotomъ
accusative *klekotъ *klekota *klekoty
instrumental *klekotъmь, *klekotomь* *klekotoma *klekoty
locative *klekotě *klekotu *klekotěxъ
vocative *klekote *klekota *klekoti

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: клёкат (kljókat)
    • Russian: клёкот (kljókot)
    • Ukrainian: кле́кiт (klékit)
  • South Slavic:
    • Macedonian: кљакот (kljakot) (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klekotъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 9 (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 191