Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gъtъ

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 (*guta), from Proto-Germanic *gutô.

Noun

*gъtъ m

1. Goth (a member of the East Germanic people)

Declension

Declension of *gъtъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gъtъ	*gъta	*gъti
genitive	*gъta	*gъtu	*gъtъ
dative	*gъtu	*gъtoma	*gъtomъ
accusative	*gъtъ	*gъta	*gъty
instrumental	*gъtъmь, *gъtomь*	*gъtoma	*gъty
locative	*gъtě	*gъtu	*gъtěxъ
vocative	*gъte	*gъta	*gъti

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: гътъ (gŭtŭ)
    • ⇒ Old East Slavic: гътинъ (gŭtinŭ, “Goth; resident of Gotland island”)
    • ⇒ Old East Slavic: гътьскъ (gŭtĭskŭ, “Gothic”)
    • → Old Ruthenian: готъ (hot), кготъ (got) (learned)
      • → Belarusian: гот (hot) (learned)
      • → Carpathian Rusyn: Ґот (Got) (learned)
      • → Ukrainian: гот (hot), ґот (got) (learned)

Further reading

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “гот”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 576
• Vasmer, Max (1964) “гот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – Д), Moscow: Progress, page 448
• Anikin, A. E. (2017) “гот”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 11 (глюки – грайка), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 327