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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Of onomatopoeic origin; compare also *kurъ (“rooster”), *kura (“hen”). The masculine of this *kokotъ (“rooster”).
Noun
*kȍkošь f[1][2]
- hen (female chicken)
Declension
* 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:
- Old East Slavic: кокошь (kokošĭ)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кокошь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kȍkošь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 228: “f. i (c) ‘hen’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kokošь kokoši”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c høne (SA 167; PR 138; MP 20)”