Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/košuľa

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

Borrowed from Latin casula (“cloak”), diminutive of casa (“hut, house”).

Noun

*košuľa f

1. shirt

   Synonyms: *riza, *ruxo

Declension

Declension of *košuľa (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*košuľa	*košuľi	*košuľę̇
genitive	*košuľę̇	*košuľu	*košuľь
dative	*košuľi	*košuľama	*košuľamъ
accusative	*košuľǫ	*košuľi	*košuľę̇
instrumental	*košuľejǫ, *košuľǫ**	*košuľama	*košuľami
locative	*košuľi	*košuľu	*košuľasъ, *košuľaxъ*
vocative	*košuľe	*košuľi	*košuľę̇

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: кашуля (kašulja)
  • Russian: кошуля (košulja)
  • Ukrainian: кошуля (košulja)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: кошу́ля (košúlja)
  • Macedonian: кошула (košula)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ко̀шуља

    Latin script: kòšulja

  • Slovene: košulja
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: košule
    • Czech: košile
  • Kashubian: kòszla, kòszëla
  • Polish: koszula
  • Slovak: košeľa
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: košula
    • Lower Sorbian: košula

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кошуля”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress