Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kotiti

Etymology 1
Of origin. Similar in meaning to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬 which suggests an origin from a possible (traditionally reconstructed as  ). Matasović relates it with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 derived from.

Verb

 * 1) to tumble, to roll, to crumble
 * 2) to leap, to climb

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Etymology 2

 * Folk etymology (acknowledged by Derksen) relates it to (a wanderwort of non-native origin), formed in the same way as  < . However, no particular relationship to begetting of kittens is attested in all languages;
 * Vasmer, Trubačev presume generic sense of begetting and consider etymological kinship with 🇨🇬. Possibly related to Etymology 1, originally implying “to toss, to throw” → “to spawn”.

Verb

 * 1)  to brood
 * 2)  to have young, to bear an offspring (for animals)

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