Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kǫsъ

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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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kanˀdas, akin to Lithuanian ką́sti (to bite), Latvian kuôst (to bite), further Ancient Greek κνώδων (knṓdōn, type of sword).

Adjective

*kǫsъ

  1. truncated
    Synonyms: *kъrnъ, *xudъ
    short, brief
    tailless (for animal)

Declension

Derived terms

  • *kucъ (tailless, limped, crippled) (expressive)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: кꙋсꙑи (kusyi)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ку́цый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*kǫsъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 67
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “кусий”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 160
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “къс²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 227

Noun

*kǫ̑sъ m[1][2][3]

  1. bite
    Synonyms: *xapъ, *gryzъ
  2. piece, bit, chunk

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ку́с”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*kǫsъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 67
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “къс¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 227

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kǫ̑sъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 243:m. o (c) ‘piece’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kǫsъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c (SA 147; PR 137)
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “kos”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *kǫ̑sъ ‛kos, grižljaj’