Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kusъ

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

Action/result noun of *kusati, *kusiti (“to probe, to taste”) +‎ *-ъ, of Germanic origin. In Slavic languages where *ǫ > *u, the Germanic root has merged with forms of native Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ (“piece, bite”).

Noun

*kusъ m

1. probe, trial

   Synonym: *opytъ

2. (by abstraction) taste, savour

Declension

Declension of *kusъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kusъ	*kusa	*kusi
genitive	*kusa	*kusu	*kusъ
dative	*kusu	*kusoma	*kusomъ
accusative	*kusъ	*kusa	*kusy
instrumental	*kusъmь, *kusomь*	*kusoma	*kusy
locative	*kusě	*kusu	*kusěxъ
vocative	*kuse	*kusa	*kusi

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

Derived terms

• *jьzkusъ (“trail”)
• *vъkusъ, *okusъ (“taste, savour”)
• *zakusъka (“snack”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Old Church Slavonic: искоусъ (iskusŭ), въкоусъ (vŭkusŭ)

    → Russian: вкус (vkus)

  • ⇒ Bulgarian: вкус (vkus)
  • ⇒ Macedonian: вкус (vkus)
  • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: у̀кус

    Latin script: ùkus

  • ⇒ Slovene: okȗs

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вкус”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кусам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 152
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “okȗs”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si