Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skotъ

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

The exact etymological provenance is contested.

Possibly a Germanic loanword, from Proto-Germanic *skattaz (“cattle”).

Noun

*skotъ m

1. cattle

Declension

Declension of *skotъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*skotъ	*skota	*skoti
genitive	*skota	*skotu	*skotъ
dative	*skotu	*skotoma	*skotomъ
accusative	*skotъ	*skota	*skoty
instrumental	*skotъmь, *skotomь*	*skotoma	*skoty
locative	*skotě	*skotu	*skotěxъ
vocative	*skote	*skota	*skoti

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: скотъ (skotŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: скотъ (skot)
      • Belarusian: скот (skot) (dialectal)
        • ⇒ Belarusian: скоцíна (skócína)
      • Ukrainian: скот (skot)
    • Russian: скот (skot)
  • Old Novgorodian: скоте (skote)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: скотъ (skotŭ)

  • Bulgarian: скот (skot)
  • Macedonian: скот (skot)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ско̏т

    Latin script: skȍt

  • Slovene: skòt (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: skuot, skót
    • Czech: skot
  • Polabian: sťöt
  • Old Polish: skot
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: skót
    • Lower Sorbian: skót

Further reading

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