Appendix:Proto-Slavic/koza

This entry contains Proto-Slavic reconstructed words 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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *koǵʰeh₂. Common Slavic-Albanian; compare Albanian kedh (“kid”).

A cognate of Latvian kaza, Lithuanian ožys and possibly also of Sanskrit अजा (ajā, “she-goat”).

Noun

*koza f

1. goat

Declension

Declension of *koza (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*koza	*kozě	*kozy
Accusative	*kozǫ	*kozě	*kozy
Genitive	*kozy	*kozu	*kozъ
Locative	*kozě	*kozu	*kozaxъ
Dative	*kozě	*kozama	*kozamъ
Instrumental	*kozojǫ	*kozama	*kozami
Vocative	*kozo	*kozě	*kozy

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: каза (kazá)
  • Russian: коза (kozá)
  • Ukrainian: коза (kozá)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: коза (koza)

    Glagolitic: ⰍⰑⰈⰀ

  • Bulgarian: коза (kozá)
  • Macedonian: коза (kóza)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: ко̀за

    Latin: kòza

  • Slovene: koza
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: koza
  • Kashubian: kòza
  • Polabian: ťözâ
  • Polish: koza
  • Slovak: koza
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: koza
    • Upper Sorbian: koza

References