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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kopytьnikъ
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
- hazelwort (Asarum europaeum)
- coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)
- Synonym: *podъbělъ
- (farriery) hoof trimmer, hoof nipper
Inflection
Declension of *kopytьnikъ (hard o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *kopytьnikъ | *kopytьnika | *kopytьnici |
Accusative | *kopytьnikъ | *kopytьnika | *kopytьniky |
Genitive | *kopytьnika | *kopytьniku | *kopytьnikъ |
Locative | *kopytьnicě | *kopytьniku | *kopytьnicěxъ |
Dative | *kopytьniku | *kopytьnikoma | *kopytьnikomъ |
Instrumental | *kopytьnikъmь, *kopytьnikomь* | *kopytьnikoma | *kopytьniky |
Vocative | *kopytьniče | *kopytьnika | *kopytьnici |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: копꙑтникъ (kopytnikŭ, “Asarum europaeum”)
- Russian: копы́тень (kopýtenʹ), dialectally копы́тник (kopýtnik)
- Ukrainian: копи́тник (kopýtnyk), копитня́к (kopytnják, “Asarum europaeum”)
- 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: ко̀питња̄к, dialectally ко̀питник
- Latin: kòpitnjāk, dialectally kòpitnik
- Slovene: kopȋtnik (“Asarum europaeum; hoof nipper”)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: kopytník
- Czech: kopytník
- Old Polish: kopytnik
- Polish: kopytnik
- Slovak: kopytník
- Slovincian: kʷopətńik, kopëtnik (“Asarum europaeum, Tussilago farfara”)
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: kopytnik
- Old Czech: kopytník
- Non-Slavic:
- → Hungarian: kopotnyak, kapotnyak (“Asarum europaeum”)
- →? Romanian: popílnic, pochivnic, popâlnic, popivnic, potivnic, pochirnic
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kopytьnikъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 37