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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kovъkъ

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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

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, *kovati (to forge) +‎ *-ъkъ.

Adjective

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*kovъkъ[1]

  1. malleable

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: ко́вкий (kóvkij)
    • Ukrainian: ковки́й (kovkýj)
  • South Slavic:

References

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  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*kovъkъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 15