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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tós.
Suffix
*-otъ m
- Forms resultant nouns from verbs, adjectives, or nouns:
- *živъ (“alive”), *žiti (“to live”) → *životъ (“life”)
- *žьvati (“to munch, to chew”) → *životъ (“stomach, belly”)
- *sopti (“to rumble, to wheeze”) → *sopotъ (“place with echo”)
- *jьmati (“to have, to possess”) → *jьmotъ (“property”)
- *blekъ (“bleat, whine”) → *blekotъ (“poisonous herb (that causes temporary speech impediment))”)
- *pǫkъ (“crack, snap”) → *pǫkotъ (“rupture”)
- Forms event nouns, denoting sounds or effects, from onomatopoeic or expressive stems:
- *groxati (“to thunder”) → *groxotъ (“rumble, din”)
- *trepati (“to swing, to jerk”) → *trepetъ (“trill”)
- *ękati (“to groan, to rumble”) → *ękotъ (“echo, resound”)
- *go-go! (onomatopoeia) → *gogotъ (“titter, laughter”)
- *ky-ky! (onomatopoeia) → *kykotъ (“giggle”)
- *xo-xo! (onomatopoeia) → *xoxotъ (“derisive laughter”)
Alternative forms
Declension
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
Derived terms
References
- ^ Halla-aho, Jussi (2006) Problems of Proto-Slavic Historical Nominal Morphology: On the Basis of Old Church Slavic (Slavica Helsingiensia; 26), Helsinki: University of Helsinki, page 66