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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kotorъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *koterъjь. For e/o, see also *bebrъ, *elьxa.
Determiner
*kotorъ[1]
- Alternative form of *koterъjь
Declension
Definite declension of *kotorъ (hard)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *kotorъjь | *kotoraja | *kotoroje |
| Accusative | *kotorъjь | *kotorǫjǫ | *kotoroje |
| Genitive | *kotorajego | *kotoryję | *kotorajego |
| Locative | *kotorějemь | *kotorěji | *kotorějemь |
| Dative | *kotorujemu | *kotorěji | *kotorujemu |
| Instrumental | *kotoryjimi | *kotorǫjǫ | *kotoryjimi |
| Vocative | *kotorъjь | *kotoraja | *kotoroje |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *kotoraja | *kotorěji | *kotorěji |
| Accusative | *kotoraja | *kotorěji | *kotorěji |
| Genitive | *kotoruju | *kotoruju | *kotoruju |
| Locative | *kotoruju | *kotoruju | *kotoruju |
| Dative | *kotoryjima | *kotoryjima | *kotoryjima |
| Instrumental | *kotoryjima | *kotoryjima | *kotoryjima |
| Vocative | *kotoraja | *kotorěji | *kotorěji |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *kotoriji | *kotoryję | *kotoraja |
| Accusative | *kotoryję | *kotoryję | *kotoraja |
| Genitive | *kotorъjixъ | *kotorъjixъ | *kotorъjixъ |
| Locative | *kotoryjixъ | *kotoryjixъ | *kotoryjixъ |
| Dative | *kotoryjimъ | *kotoryjimъ | *kotoryjimъ |
| Instrumental | *kotoryjimi | *kotoryjimi | *kotoryjimi |
| Vocative | *kotoriji | *kotoryję | *kotoraja |
Alternative forms
- *koterъjь
Derived terms
- *někotorъjь (“some, any”)
- *nikotorъjь (“no, none”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: като́ры (katóry)
- Russian: кото́рый (kotóryj)
- → Kildin Sami: каторэ (katore)
- Rusyn: котрый (kotrŷj)
- Ukrainian: котри́й (kotrýj)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: которꙑи (kotoryj, “which?; some, any”)
- Bulgarian: котри (kotri) (Southern Dialects)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Polish: który
- Slovak: ktorý
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: kótary
- Upper Sorbian: kotry
See also
- *(j)eterъ
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*koterъjь/kotorъjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 201
- Chernykh, P. (1993), “который”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 436
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “который”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*koterъ; *kotorъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 240: “prn. ‘who, which’”