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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kaka

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 *kākā, from Proto-Indo-European *kakka- (“to defecate”). Baltic cognates include Latvian kaka, Lithuanian kaka.

Noun

*kàka f

  1. excrement

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Middle Russian: ка́ка (káka) (18ᵗʰ cent.)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: ка́ка (káka)
    • Ukrainian: ка́ка (káka), ка́ки (káky)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Slovak: kaka (children term)
      • ⇒ Slovak: kakanica

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ка́ка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “ка́кати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 344
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kakati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 9 (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 117
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