Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kuka

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 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kaukāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kowk-eh₂, from *kewk-.

Noun

*kùka f

1. hook

Inflection

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kùka	*kùcě	*kùky
genitive	*kùky	*kùku	*kùkъ
dative	*kùcě	*kùkama	*kùkamъ
accusative	*kùkǫ	*kùcě	*kùky
instrumental	*kùkojǫ, *kùkǭ**	*kùkama	*kùkamī
locative	*kùcě	*kùku	*kùkasъ, *kùkaxъ*
vocative	*kùko	*kùcě	*kùky

^* -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

• *kuča (“heap”)
• *čuka (“rock hill”)
• *kukonosъ (“hook-nosed”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: ку́ка (kúka)
  • Russian: ку́ка (kúka)
  • Ukrainian: ку́ка (kúka)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ку́ка (kúka)
  • Macedonian: кука (kuka)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ку̏ка

    Latin script: kȕka

    • Chakavian (Orbanići): kȕka
• West Slavic:

Etymology 2

Possibly etymologically identical with *kùka. Baltic cognates include Lithuanian kaũkas (“goblin”), Old Prussian cawx (“devil”).

Noun

*kuka f

1. goblin

Inflection

Declension of *kuka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kuka	*kucě	*kuky
genitive	*kuky	*kuku	*kukъ
dative	*kucě	*kukama	*kukamъ
accusative	*kukǫ	*kucě	*kuky
instrumental	*kukojǫ, *kukǫ**	*kukama	*kukami
locative	*kucě	*kuku	*kukasъ, *kukaxъ*
vocative	*kuko	*kucě	*kuky

^* -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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: ку́ка (kúka, “something terrible living in the dark”) (dialectal)
  • Russian: ку́ка (kúka, “wood-goblin”) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: кук (kuk), кукура (kukura) (dialectal)

    ⇒ Bulgarian: кукер (kuker) (possibly)

  • Slovene: kuka (“insect, intestinal worm, pig”)
• West Slavic:
  • Slovincian: kuka (“evil spirit”)
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: kuka (“intestinal worm”)