Where does “покатый” come from?
покатый (Russian) comes from Russian покатиться, from Russian покати́ть, from Russian кати́ть, from Old East Slavic катити, from Proto-Slavic kotiti, from Proto-Slavic kotъ, from Proto-Germanic kattuz, from Latin cattus — a cat.
покатый (Russian): sloping, slanting, downhill
Definitions
- sloping, slanting, downhill
Ancestry of “покатый”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | покатиться | to roll; to rush, to tear; to sweep, to move, to... |
| 2 | Russian | покати́ть | to roll, to push (some object with wheels) |
| 3 | Russian | кати́ть | to roll |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | катити | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | kotiti | to tumble, to roll, to crumble; to leap, to... |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | kotъ | cat; tomcat, male cat |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kattuz | cat |
| 8 | Latin | cattus | a cat |
| 9 | Latin | catta | a cat |