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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krъtъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to crook”) + *-ъtъ, related to Lithuanian kertùs (“shrew”) and perhaps Proto-Slavic *čьrtъ (“evil creature”).
May have been coined as an alternative to Proto-Balto-Slavic *kúrmis (“mole”) (whence Latvian kur̃mis, Lithuanian kùrmis) in order to avoid confusion with unrelated Proto-Slavic *kъrmъ (“fodder, nutrient”).
Noun
*krъ̀tъ m[1]
- mole (burrowing mammal of the family Talpidae)
Declension
Declension of *krъ̀tъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *krъ̀tъ | *krъtà | *krъtì |
| Accusative | *krъ̀tъ | *krъtà | *krъtỳ |
| Genitive | *krъtà | *krъtù | *krъ̀tъ |
| Locative | *krъtě̀ | *krъtù | *krъ̀těxъ |
| Dative | *krъtù | *krъtòma | *krъtòmъ |
| Instrumental | *krъtъ̀mь, *krъtòmь* | *krъtòma | *krъ̀ty |
| Vocative | *krъte | *krъtà | *krъtì |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *krъtica, *krъtina
- *krъtovina (“lump of earth”)
Related terms
- *kъrtiti (“to peck, to trash”)
- *krъtovъ (“hectic, leaky”)
- *krъtogъ (“hole, burrow”)
- *kryti (“to cover, to conceal”)
- *krovъ (“roof”)
Descendants
- East Slavic: кротъ (krotŭ), крътъ (krŭtŭ)
- Belarusian: крот (krot)
- Russian: крот (krot)
- Ukrainian: кріт (krit)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: крътъ (krŭtŭ)
- Bulgarian: крът m (krǎt), кърти́ца f (kǎrtíca)
- Macedonian: крт m (krt), кртица f (krtica)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: кр̀тица
- Latin: kr̀tica
- Slovene: kȓt
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: krt
- Czech: krt, krtek
- Kashubian: kret
- Polabian: korťĕtüc
- Polish: kret
- Slovak: krt
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: kšet
- Upper Sorbian: knot
- Old Czech: krt
- Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: cârtiță
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “krt”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*krъtъ̏”
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “крот”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*krъtъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 57
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1986), “къртица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 218
- “kertus”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012