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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kakati
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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
Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kākā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *kak(k)-eh₂-yé-ti, from *kakka- (“to defecate”). Baltic cognates include Latvian kākāt, kakāt, Lithuanian kakóti. Other Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek κακκάω (kakkáō, “to defecate”), κάκκη (kákkē, “dung, excrement”), Latin cacō (“defecate”), cacāre (“to shit”), Old Irish cacc, Middle Irish caccaim, German kacken, Middle English cakken, English cack, Old Armenian քակոր (kʿakor), Middle Armenian քաք (kʿakʿ).
Related terms
- *kàka (“excrement”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: ка́каць (kákacʹ)
- Russian: ка́кать (kákatʹ)
- Rusyn: ка́кати (kákaty)
- Ukrainian: ка́кати (kákaty)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kakati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 9 (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 117
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “ка́кати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 344
- Rudnyc'kyj, Jaroslav B. (1982), “ка́кати”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language (in English), volume 2: Д – Ь, Ottawa: Ukr. Mohylo-Mazepian Acad. of Sciences & Ukr. Lang. Assoc., page 607
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1979), “ка́кам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 150
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “kākati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*ka̋kati”
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ка́кать”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
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