Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grotъ
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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
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-. Akin to German Grat (“ridge, edge”), Gräte (“fishbone”) and Old High German grāt.
Noun
*grotъ m
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *grotъ | *grota | *groti |
| genitive | *grota | *grotu | *grotъ |
| dative | *grotu | *grotoma | *grotomъ |
| accusative | *grotъ | *grota | *groty |
| instrumental | *grotъmь, *grotomь* | *grotoma | *groty |
| locative | *grotě | *grotu | *grotěxъ |
| vocative | *grote | *grota | *groti |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
adjective
noun
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: грот (grot) (obsolete)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “грот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grotъ I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 140