Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kystь

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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

Related to Proto-Slavic *kyta (bundle, tuft), *kytiti (to bunch up), perhaps from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kúnstei (to cover, to wrap) +‎ *-tь, attested in Old Prussian kūnti (to safeguard, to shelter) and partially in Lithuanian kùsti, kū́sti (to mend, to repair), pres. kunta class 3p. (another attested meaning “to stir, to mess around, to roam” corresponding to pres. kū́sta class 3p. is likely from a different root; cf. Proto-Slavic *skytati (to roam), Latvian kustēt (to move)).

Noun

*kystь f

  1. bunch, bundle, tuft (pack of similar objects clustered together)
    Synonym: *pǫkъ
    (anatomy) hand, paw
    brush

Declension

Declension of *kystь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kystь *kysti *kysti
genitive *kysti *kystьju, *kysťu* *kystьjь, *kysti*
dative *kysti *kystьma *kystьmъ
accusative *kystь *kysti *kysti
instrumental *kystьjǫ, *kysťǫ* *kystьma *kystьmi
locative *kysti *kystьju, *kysťu* *kystьxъ
vocative *kysti *kysti *kysti

* 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).

Derived terms

  • *kysta
  • *kystra
    • German: Kistritz (toponym, place in Eastern Saxony)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кисть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kystь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 276
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кист”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 390
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кисца¹”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 391
  • kusti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė , 2007–2012