Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/koťьka

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

From *kòťь, from *kòtъ.

Noun

*kòťьka f

1. female cat

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *кочька (*kočĭka), кошька (košĭka) — first attested in 1230
    • Old Ruthenian: ко́шка (kóška)
      • Belarusian: ко́шка (kóška)
      • Ukrainian: кі́шка (kíška)
    • Middle Russian: ко́шка (kóška)
      • Russian: ко́шка (kóška)
        • → Buryat: хөөшхэ (xööšxe)
        • → Ket: коска
        • → Khamnigan Mongol: киискэ (kiiske)
        • → Kildin Sami: куэшшьк (kuešš’k) (Ārʹsjogk)
        • → Ter Sami: кыэшшькэ (kïeššʼke)
        • → Yakut: куоска (kuoska)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: kočka
    • Czech: kočka
  • Polish: koczka (dialectal)
  • Slovak: kočka
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: kócka, kocka
    • Upper Sorbian: kóčka

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kotjьka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 207
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ко́шка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ко́шка”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 438
• Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “кошка”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1: (А – Начальство), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 435