Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kotьlъ

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 Proto-Germanic *katilaz, via an East Germanic language (possibly Gothic). Possibly further related to Latin catīllus (“small bowl”), Ancient Greek κοτύλη (kotúlē, “cup, vessel”).

Noun

*kotь̀lъ m

1. kettle
2. cauldron

Inflection

Declension of *kotь̀lъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kotь̀lъ	*kotьlà	*kotьlì
genitive	*kotьlà	*kotьlù	*kotь̀lъ
dative	*kotьlù	*kotьlòma	*kotьlòmъ
accusative	*kotь̀lъ	*kotьlà	*kotьlỳ
instrumental	*kotьlъ̀mь, *kotьlòmь*	*kotьlòma	*kotь̀ly
locative	*kotьlě̀	*kotьlù	*kotь̀lěxъ
vocative	*kotьle	*kotьlà	*kotьlì

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

Related terms

• *kotьlī̃kъ
• *kotь̀lьnica

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: кацёл (kacjól)
  • Russian: котёл (kotjól)
  • Ukrainian: коте́л (kotél)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: котьлъ (kotĭlŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰽⱁⱅⱐⰾⱏ (kotĭlŭ)

  • Bulgarian: коте́л (kotél)
  • Macedonian: котел (kotel), котле (kotle)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ко̀тао

    Latin script: kòtao

    • Slavomolisano: kota
  • Slovene: kótəl (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: kotel
  • Polabian: ťüťål
  • Old Polish: kocieł
    • Polish: kocioł, kocieł (obsolete or dialectal)
  • Slovak: kotol
  • Sorbian:

    Lower Sorbian: kóśeł, kośeł

    Upper Sorbian: kotoł

Further reading

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