Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kokotъ

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

According to Vasmer, of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Ancient Greek κακκάβη (kakkábē).

Noun

*kokotъ m

1. rooster

Inflection

Declension of *kokotъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kokotъ	*kokota	*kokoti
genitive	*kokota	*kokotu	*kokotъ
dative	*kokotu	*kokotoma	*kokotomъ
accusative	*kokotъ	*kokota	*kokoty
instrumental	*kokotъmь, *kokotomь*	*kokotoma	*kokoty
locative	*kokotě	*kokotu	*kokotěxъ
vocative	*kokote	*kokota	*kokoti

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: кокотъ (kokotŭ)
    • Russian: ко́кот (kókot)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: кокотъ (kokotŭ)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ко̏ко̑т

  • Slovene: kokȏt (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: kohout
  • Polish: kogut
  • Slovak: kohút

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ко́кот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress