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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kǫsъ

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kanˀdas, akin to Lithuanian ką́sti (to bite), Latvian kuôst (to bite), further Ancient Greek κνώδων (knṓdōn, type of sword).

Adjective

*kǫsъ

  1. truncated
    Synonyms: *kъrnъ, *xudъ
    short, brief
    tailless (for animal)

Declension

Derived terms

  • *sъkǫsiti, *pokǫsiti (to shorten)
  • *kǫsakъ (short dress, object)
  • *vъzkǫsъ (ultra short)
  • *jьzkǫsъ (strict, narrow)
  • *kǫso-
    • *kǫsoględъ (short-sighted)
    • *kǫsoumъ (forgetful, with short memory)
  • *kucъ (tailless, limped, crippled) (expressive)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: кꙋсꙑи (kusyi)
      • Russian: кусо́й (kusój) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: ку́сий (kúsyj)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: кѫсъ (kǫsŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰽⱘⱄⱏ (kǫsŭ)
    • Bulgarian: къс (kǎs)
    • Macedonian: кус (kus)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ку̑с
      Latin script: kȗs
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: kusý
    • Polish: kęsy, kusy
    • Slovak: kusý
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: kušy (tailless)
      • Upper Sorbian: kuṡi (short)

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), ку́цый”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), *kǫsъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 67
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), кусий”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 160
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), къс²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 227

Noun

*kǫ̑sъ m[1][2][3]

  1. bite
    Synonyms: *xapъ, *gryzъ
  2. piece, bit, chunk

Declension

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Derived terms

  • *kǫsъkъ, *kǫsьcь (diminutive)
  • *kǫsica
  • *kǫšьjь (slice, chunk (of bread, meat))
  • *kǫsati (to bite, to truncate), *kǫsnǫti (to bite off)
  • *čęstь (part)
  • *kǫdъkъ (piece)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: кꙋсъ (kusŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: кѫсъ (kǫsŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰽⱘⱄⱏ (kǫsŭ)
    • Bulgarian: къс (kǎs); (dialectal) кус (kus)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ку̑с
      Latin script: kȗs
      • Chakavian (Vrgada): kȗs
      • Chakavian (Orbanići): kȗs
    • Slovene: kọ̑s (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), ку́с”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), *kǫsъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 67
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), къс¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 227

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), *kǫ̑sъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 243: “m. o (c) ‘piece’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), kǫsъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c (SA 147; PR 137)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), kos”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *kǫ̑sъ ‛kos, grižljaj’”
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