Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kopytьnikъ

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

*kopytъnikъ (Asarum europaeum) (sense 1)
*kopytъnikъ (Tussilago farfara) (sense 2)

Etymology

From *kopyto +‎ *-ьnikъ, so called because of the form of its leaf, which is evident because Asarum europaeum and Tussilago farfara are unrelated but have a similarly looking leaf.

Noun

*kopytьnikъ m

  2. hazelwort (Asarum europaeum)
  4. coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)
    Synonym: *podъbělъ
  5. (farriery) hoof trimmer, hoof nipper

Inflection

Declension of *kopytьnikъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kopytьnikъ *kopytьnika *kopytьnici
genitive *kopytьnika *kopytьniku *kopytьnikъ
dative *kopytьniku *kopytьnikoma *kopytьnikomъ
accusative *kopytьnikъ *kopytьnika *kopytьniky
instrumental *kopytьnikъmь, *kopytьnikomь* *kopytьnikoma *kopytьniky
locative *kopytьnicě *kopytьniku *kopytьnicěxъ
vocative *kopytьniče *kopytьnika *kopytьnici

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: копꙑтникъ (kopytnikŭ, “Asarum europaeum”)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: копи́тник (kopítnik), dialectally копи́тняк (kopítnjak, “Asarum europaeum”)
    • Serbo-Croatian: (“Asarum europaeum, Tussilago farfara; hoof nipper”)
      Cyrillic script: ко̀питња̄к, dialectally ко̀питник
      Latin script: kòpitnjāk, dialectally kòpitnik
    • Slovene: kopȋtnik (“Asarum europaeum; hoof nipper”)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kopytьnikъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 37
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