Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kǫťa
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Of obscure origin. Usually listed as an exclusive South Slavic isogloss, with possible sporadic appearance in East Slavic, which is however disputed by Vasmer.[1] It may be a cognate of Sogdian 𐫞𐫗𐫕 (qnθ /kand/, “city”), Khotanese [script needed] (kanthā, “city”) and Ossetian (Iron dialect) кӕнд (kænd, “building”).
Noun
[edit]*kǫťa f[2]
Declension
[edit]Declension of *kǫťa (soft a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kǫťa | *kǫťi | *kǫťę̇ |
| genitive | *kǫťę̇ | *kǫťu | *kǫťь |
| dative | *kǫťi | *kǫťama | *kǫťamъ |
| accusative | *kǫťǫ | *kǫťi | *kǫťę̇ |
| instrumental | *kǫťejǫ, *kǫťǫ** | *kǫťama | *kǫťami |
| locative | *kǫťi | *kǫťu | *kǫťasъ, *kǫťaxъ* |
| vocative | *kǫťe | *kǫťi | *kǫťę̇ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*kǫtja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 70
- Bailey, H W (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge University Press, p. 51
References
[edit]- ^ https://lexicography.online/etymology/к/куча
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kǫtja”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244: “f. jā ‘hut’”