Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kvočьka

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

*kvòčьka i *kurъčęta

Etymology

From *kvoka +‎ *-ьka.

Noun

*kvòčьka f

1. brooding hen

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *кво́чька (*kvóčĭka)
    • Old Ruthenian: кво́чка (kvóčka)
      • Belarusian: кво́чка (kvóčka), кво́шка (kvóška) (dialectal)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: кво́чка (kvóčka)
      • Ukrainian: кво́чка (kvóčka)
    • Russian: кво́чка (kvóčka) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: кво̏чка; ко̄шква, кво̏шка (dialectal)

    Latin script: kvȍčka; kōškva, kvȍška (dialectal)

  • Slovene: kvȏčka (tonal orthography); kȏčka (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: kvočka (dialectal)
  • Old Polish: kwoczka
    • Polish: kwoczka; kfočka, ku̯očka (dialectal)
  • Slovak: kvočka, kôčka