Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kóslos

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Alternative forms

*kósulos

Etymology

Unknown; possibly borrowed from a substrate language.^[1]^[2] The presence of irregular variations and the geographic distribution suggest the word entered Indo-European at a late stage, after the dissolution of PIE dialects, perhaps as a wanderword.

Noun

*kóslos m (non-ablauting)^[3]^[1]^[4]

hazel

Inflection

Thematic
	singular
nominative	*kóslos
genitive	*kóslosyo
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kóslos	*kósloh₁	*kósloes
vocative	*kósle	*kósloh₁	*kósloes
accusative	*kóslom	*kósloh₁	*kósloms
genitive	*kóslosyo	*?	*kósloHom
ablative	*kóslead	*?	kóslomos, kóslobʰos
dative	*kósloey	*?	kóslomos, kóslobʰos
locative	kósley, kósloy	*?	*kósloysu
instrumental	*kósloh₁	*?	*kóslōys

Descendants

Proto-Balto-Slavic:
- >? Old Lithuanian: kasùlas (“hunter's spear, stick, bush”)
Proto-Celtic: *koslos (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Germanic: *haslaz (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Italic: *kosulos, *kosolos^[5]
- Latin: corylus, corulus, corilus (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*kós(V)los”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 260
^ Matasović, Ranko (2013) “Substratum words in Balto-Slavic”, in Filologija, volume 60, Zagreb, published 2014, page 84 of 75–102
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “*kos(e)lo-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 616
^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 160: “*kós(V)los”
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “corulus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 138-139

[EIEC-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*kós(V)los”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 260

[2] Matasović, Ranko (2013) “Substratum words in Balto-Slavic”, in Filologija, volume 60, Zagreb, published 2014, page 84 of 75–102

[3] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “*kos(e)lo-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 616

[4] Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 160: “*kós(V)los”

[5] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “corulus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 138-139

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