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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kokotъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
According to Vasmer, of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Ancient Greek κακκάβη (kakkábē).
Noun
*kokotъ m
- rooster
Inflection
Declension of *kokotъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *kokotъ | *kokota | *kokoti |
| Accusative | *kokotъ | *kokota | *kokoty |
| Genitive | *kokota | *kokotu | *kokotъ |
| Locative | *kokotě | *kokotu | *kokotěxъ |
| Dative | *kokotu | *kokotoma | *kokotomъ |
| Instrumental | *kokotъmь, *kokotomь* | *kokotoma | *kokoty |
| Vocative | *kokote | *kokota | *kokoti |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: кокотъ (kokotŭ)
- Russian: ко́кот (kókot)
- Old East Slavic: кокотъ (kokotŭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: кокотъ (kokotŭ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ко̏ко̑т
- Slovene: kokȏt (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: kohout
- Polish: kogut
- Slovak: kohút
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ко́кот”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress