Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kopytьnikъ

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

*kopytъnikъ (Asarum europaeum) (sense 1)

*kopytъnikъ (Tussilago farfara) (sense 2)

Etymology

From *kopyto +‎ *-ьnikъ, so called because of the form of its leaf, which is evident because Asarum europaeum and Tussilago farfara are unrelated but have a similarly looking leaf.

Noun

*kopytьnikъ m

hazelwort (Asarum europaeum)
coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)
Synonym: *podъbělъ
(farriery) hoof trimmer, hoof nipper

Inflection

Declension of *kopytьnikъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kopytьnikъ	*kopytьnika	*kopytьnici
genitive	*kopytьnika	*kopytьniku	*kopytьnikъ
dative	*kopytьniku	*kopytьnikoma	*kopytьnikomъ
accusative	*kopytьnikъ	*kopytьnika	*kopytьniky
instrumental	kopytьnikъmь, kopytьnikomь^*	*kopytьnikoma	*kopytьniky
locative	*kopytьnicě	*kopytьniku	*kopytьnicěxъ
vocative	*kopytьniče	*kopytьnika	*kopytьnici

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: копꙑтникъ (kopytnikŭ, “Asarum europaeum”)
  - Russian: копы́тень (kopýtenʹ), dialectally копы́тник (kopýtnik)
  - Ukrainian: копи́тник (kopýtnyk), копитня́к (kopytnják, “Asarum europaeum”)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: копи́тник (kopítnik), dialectally копи́тняк (kopítnjak, “Asarum europaeum”)
- Serbo-Croatian: (“Asarum europaeum, Tussilago farfara; hoof nipper”)
  Cyrillic script: ко̀питња̄к, dialectally ко̀питник
  
  Latin script: kòpitnjāk, dialectally kòpitnik
- Slovene: kopȋtnik (“Asarum europaeum; hoof nipper”)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: kopytník
  - Czech: kopytník
- Old Polish: kopytnik
  - Polish: kopytnik
- Slovak: kopytník
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: kopytnik

Non-Slavic:
- → Hungarian: kopotnyak, kapotnyak (“Asarum europaeum”)
- →? Romanian: popílnic, pochivnic, popâlnic, popivnic, potivnic, pochirnic