Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/košara

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 *košь +‎ *-ara.

Noun

*košàra f

1. basket
2. sheepfold, pen (originally denoting the hedge which formed the pen)

Inflection

Declension of *košàra (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*košàra	*košàrě	*košàry
genitive	*košàry	*košàru	*košàrъ
dative	*košàrě	*košàrama	*košàramъ
accusative	*košàrǫ	*košàrě	*košàry
instrumental	*košàrojǫ, *košàrǭ**	*košàrama	*košàramī
locative	*košàrě	*košàru	*košàrasъ, *košàraxъ*
vocative	*košàro	*košàrě	*košàry

^* -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).

Related terms

• *kotьcь (“cottage”)
• *košеrъ (“beehive”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: коша́ра (košára, “sheepfold”)
  • Ukrainian: коша́ра (košára, “sheepfold”)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: кошара (košara)
    • ⇒ Albanian: koshere
    • ⇒ Romanian: coșar
    • ⇒ Hungarian: kosár
  • Bulgarian: кошара (košara, “sheepfold”)
  • Macedonian: кошара (košara, “stable”)
  • Serbo-Croatian: kòšara
  • Slovene: košȃra (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: košár (< *košarъ)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кошара”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*košara/*košarъ/*košerъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 183
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кошара¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 692