Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kǫtati

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

Unclear. Per Vasmer, cognate with Old Prussian pokūnst (“to cover, to save”), pakūnst (“to store, to save”), kūnti, pokūnti (“(he) protects”).

Verb

*kǫ̀tati impf^[1]^[2]

to muffle up, to conceal

Inflection

Conjugation of *kǫtati, *kǫta, *kǫtajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kǫtanьje	*kǫtati	*kǫtatъ	*kǫtalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kǫtanъ	*kǫtajemъ
Active	*kǫtavъ	*kǫtaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kǫtaxъ	*kǫta	*kǫta	*kǫtajǫ	*kǫtaješi	*kǫtajetь
Dual	*kǫtaxově	*kǫtasta	*kǫtaste	*kǫtajevě	*kǫtajeta	*kǫtajete
Plural	*kǫtaxomъ	*kǫtaste	*kǫtašę	*kǫtajemъ	*kǫtajete	*kǫtajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kǫtaaxъ	*kǫtaaše	*kǫtaaše	—	*kǫtaji	*kǫtaji
Dual	*kǫtaaxově	*kǫtaašeta	*kǫtaašete	*kǫtajivě	*kǫtajita	—
Plural	*kǫtaaxomъ	*kǫtaašete	*kǫtaaxǫ	*kǫtajimъ	*kǫtajite	—

Related terms

*kǫťa (“hut”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: кутати (kutati)
  - Belarusian: ку́таць (kútacʹ) (dialectal)
  - Russian: ку́тать (kútatʹ)
  - Ukrainian: ку́тати (kútaty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: (съкѫтати (sŭkǫtati))
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: къ́там (kǎ́tam)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: (ску́тати)
  
  Latin: (skútati)
- ⇒ Slovene: skotáti (tonal orthography)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kǫtati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244: “v. ‘muffle up, conceal’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kǫtati: kǫtajǫ kǫtajetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a indhylle, gemme (PR 133)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kǫtati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244: “v. ‘muffle up, conceal’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “kǫtati: kǫtajǫ kǫtajetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a indhylle, gemme (PR 133)”

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