Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kosъ

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 1 edit

Per Derksen, probably from an earlier *kopsъ, related to Ancient Greek κόψιχος (kópsikhos), κόσσυφος (kóssuphos), although the variation in the Greek forms suggests a pre-Greek substratum word.

Noun edit

*kȍsъ m[1][2]

  1. blackbird
    Synonym: *drozdъ
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
  • *kosovъ
    • Serbo-Croatian: Kosovo, Косово (see there for further descendants)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кос”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kosъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 175
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кос¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 652

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kȏsъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 239:m. o (c) ‘blackbird’
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “kọ̑s²”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*kȍsъ

Etymology 2 edit

Continues Proto-Indo-European *kosós (possibly Proto-Indo-European *kosús, based on the doublet *kosvenъ), from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (to scratch) or depalatalized Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (to castrate, to prune).

Adjective edit

*kȍsъ[1][2]

  1. skew, slanted
    Synonym: *krivъ
    Antonym: *otъvěsьnъ
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “косо́й”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kosъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 177
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кос²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 652

References edit

  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kosъ kosa koso”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c skæv (PR 138)
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “kọ̑s³”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*kȍsъ