Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nogъtь

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nagutis. Morphologically from *noga (“foot”) +‎ *-ъtь. Cognate with Lithuanian nagùtis and Old Prussian nagutis.

Noun

*nȍgъtь m

1. (anatomy) nail

Declension

Per Derksen 2008, this can alternatively be reconstructed with jo-stem declension.

Declension of *nȍgъtь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nȍgъtь	*nȍgъti	*nȍgъtьjē, *nȍgъťē*
genitive	*nogъtí	*nogъtьjù, *nogъťu*	*nogъtь̀jь
dative	*nȍgъti	*nogъtьmà	*nȍgъtьmъ
accusative	*nȍgъtь	*nȍgъti	*nȍgъti
instrumental	*nȍgъtьmь	*nogъtьmà	*nogъtьmì
locative	*nogъtí	*nogъtьjù, *nogъťu*	*nȍgъtьxъ
vocative	*nogъti	*nȍgъti	*nȍgъtьjē, *nȍgъťē*

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

• *paznogъtь

Related terms

• *noga

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ногъть (nogŭtĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: но́готь (nóhotʹ)
      • Belarusian: но́гаць (nóhacʹ)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: но́хоть (nóxotʹ)
      • Ukrainian: ні́готь (níhotʹ)
    • Russian: но́готь (nógotʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: ногъть (nogŭtĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱀⱁⰳⱏⱅⱐ (nogŭtĭ)

  • Bulgarian: но́кът (nókǎt)
  • Macedonian: нокт (nokt)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: но̏кат

    Latin script: nȍkat

    • Slavomolisano: nȍhat
  • Slovene: nọ̑ht (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: nohet
    • Czech: nehet
  • Kashubian: nokc
  • Polabian: nüďit
  • Old Polish: nogieć
  • Slovak: necht
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: nokś
    • Upper Sorbian: nochć

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ноготь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nogъtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 355