Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kojiti

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

    Derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (to rest).

    Verb

    *kojiti

    1. (transitive) to assuage, to soothe

    Inflection

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old Ruthenian: ко́ити (kóiti), ко́итисѧ (kóitisja)
        • Belarusian: ко́яцца (kójacca, to mock, scoff) (dialectal)
        • Ukrainian: ко́їти (kójity, to contrive), ко́їтися (kójitysja)
    • South Slavic:
      • Bulgarian: ко́я (kója) (dialectal)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: којити (dialectal)
        Latin script: kojiti (dialectal)
    • West Slavic:
      • Old Czech: kojiti
      • Old Polish: koić
      • Slovak: kojiť

    Further reading

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