Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kurъ

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

Onomatopoeic; also interjection *kury!. Compare *kokotъ (“rooster”), *kokošь (“hen”). Related to Lithuanian kurtinỹs (“grouse”), Greek κούρκος (koúrkos, “turkey”) (probably a Slavic loanword). A connection with Slovak kúriť (“to run”), Lithuanian kùrti (“to run”), else meaning “to smoke, to kindle” (☞ *kūrìti), is also possible. Compare Bulgarian тока́чка (tokáčka, “guinea fowl”), Russian токова́ть (tokovátʹ, “to display courtship (for birds)”) from Proto-Slavic *tokati (“to flow, to propel (a fluid)”).

Noun

*kùrъ m

1. cock, rooster

   Synonyms: *pětьlъ, *pětuxъ, *kokotъ

2. (figurative) cock, male genitalia

Declension

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kùrъ	*kùra	*kùri
genitive	*kùra	*kùru	*kùrъ
dative	*kùru	*kùroma	*kùromъ
accusative	*kùrъ	*kùra	*kùry
instrumental	*kùrъmь, *kùromь*	*kùroma	*kùrȳ
locative	*kùrě	*kùru	*kùrě̄xъ
vocative	*kùre	*kùra	*kùri

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *kuropъty (“bird of family Phasianidae”)
• *kurьcь (“capon”)
• *kurę (diminutive)
  • *kurętina (“domestic fowl”)
• *kura, *kurica (“hen”)
• *kurъka, *čurъka (“wild fowl”)
  • → Romanian: curcan m, curcă f (“turkey”)
• *kury (“whore”) (pejorative)
• *kurьjь, *kurьnъ (“fowline”)

Related terms

• *kъrkati, *kurkati (“to crow”)
• *kъrkoriti (“to croak”)
• *xъrtъ (“hound”) (possibly)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: кур (kur) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: кур (kur)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: коуръ (kurŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰽⱆⱃⱏ (kurŭ)

  • Bulgarian: кур (kur)
  • Macedonian: кур (kur)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ку̏р

    Latin script: kȕr

  • Slovene: kȕr (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: kur, kúr
    • Czech: kour, kur
  • Kashubian: kùr
  • Polish: kur
    • Slovak: kúr
  • Slovincian: kúr
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: kur
    • Upper Sorbian: kur

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кур”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kurъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 129
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кур”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 142