Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kurъ

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 edit

Etymology edit

Onomatopoeic; also interjection *kury!. Compare *kokotъ (“rooster”), *kokošь (“hen”). Related to Lithuanian kurtinỹs (“grouse”), Greek κούρκος (koúrkos, “turkey”) (probably a Slavic loanword). A connection with Slovak kúriť (“to run”),^[1] Lithuanian kùrti (“to run”), else meaning “to smoke, to kindle” (☞ *kūrìti), is also possible. Compare Bulgarian тока́чка (tokáčka, “guinea fowl”), Russian токова́ть (tokovátʹ, “to display courtship (for birds)”) from Proto-Slavic *tokati (“to flow, to propel (a fluid)”).

Noun edit

*kùrъ m^[2]^[3]^[4]

cock, rooster
Synonyms: *pětьlъ, *pětuxъ, *kokotъ
(figurative) cock, male genitalia

Declension edit

Declension of *kùrъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kùrъ	*kùra	*kùri
genitive	*kùra	*kùru	*kùrъ
dative	*kùru	*kùroma	*kùromъ
accusative	*kùrъ	*kùra	*kùry
instrumental	kùrъmь, kùromь^*	*kùroma	*kùrȳ
locative	*kùrě	*kùru	*kùrě̄xъ
vocative	*kùre	*kùra	*kùri

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

Derived terms edit

*kuropъty (“bird of family Phasianidae”)
*kurьcь (“capon”)
*kurę (diminutive)
- *kurętina (“domestic fowl”)
*kura, *kurica (“hen”)
*kurъka, *čurъka (“wild fowl”)
- → Romanian: curcan m, curcă f (“turkey”)
*kury (“whore”) (pejorative)
*kurьjь, *kurьnъ (“fowline”)

Related terms edit

*kъrkati, *kurkati (“to crow”)
*kъrkoriti (“to croak”)
*xъrtъ (“hound”) (possibly)

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Russian: кур (kur) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: кур (kur)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: коуръ (kurŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰽⱆⱃⱏ (kurŭ)
- Bulgarian: кур (kur)
- Macedonian: кур (kur)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ку̏р
  
  Latin script: kȕr
- Slovene: kȕr (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: kur, kúr
  - Czech: kour, kur
- Kashubian: kùr
- Polish: kur
  - Slovak: kúr
- Slovincian: kúr
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: kur
  - Upper Sorbian: kur

References edit

^ Machek, Václav (1968) “kur”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 308
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kurъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 257: “m. o ‘cock’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kurъ kura”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a hane (SA 166; PR 131)”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “kurec”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “od pslovan. *kűrъ ‛petelin’”

[1] Machek, Václav (1968) “kur”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 308

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kurъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 257: “m. o ‘cock’”

[3] Olander, Thomas (2001) “kurъ kura”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a hane (SA 166; PR 131)”

[4] Snoj, Marko (2016) “kurec”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “od pslovan. *kűrъ ‛petelin’”

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