Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kogъtь

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

Possibly, from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“peg; hook”).

Noun

*kogъtь m

1. claw
2. talon

Declension

Declension of *kogъtь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kogъtь	*kogъta	*kogъti
genitive	*kogъta	*kogъtu	*kogъtь
dative	*kogъtu	*kogъtema	*kogъtemъ
accusative	*kogъtь	*kogъta	*kogъtę̇
instrumental	*kogъtьmь, *kogъtemь*	*kogъtema	*kogъti
locative	*kogъti	*kogъtu	*kogъtixъ
vocative	*kogъtu	*kogъta	*kogъti

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: ко́каць (kókacʹ)
  • Russian: ко́готь (kógotʹ)
  • Ukrainian: кі́готь (kíhotʹ), ко́готь (kóhotʹ)
• West Slavic:
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: kосht (“thorn”)

Further reading

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