Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kokošь
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editOf onomatopoeic origin; compare also *kurъ (“rooster”), *kura (“hen”). The masculine of this *kokotъ (“rooster”).
Noun
edit- hen (female chicken)
Declension
editDeclension of *kȍkošь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *kȍkošь | *kȍkoši | *kȍkoši |
genitive | *kokoší | *kokošьjù, *kokošu* | *kokošь̀jь |
dative | *kȍkoši | *kokošьmà | *kȍkošьmъ |
accusative | *kȍkošь | *kȍkoši | *kȍkoši |
instrumental | *kokošьjǫ́ | *kokošьmà | *kokošьmì |
locative | *kokoší | *kokošьjù, *kokošu* | *kȍkošьxъ |
vocative | *kokoši | *kȍkoši | *kȍkoši |
* 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
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кокошь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
edit- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kȍkošь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 228: “f. i (c) ‘hen’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kokošь kokoši”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c høne (SA 167; PR 138; MP 20)”