Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kyšьka

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewp- (“tuft, cluster, hair on the head”), related to Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”), German Schopf (“tuft”), Albanian çup (“without tail, maimed”). Comparable to Proto-Indo-European *skub-, *skup-, *skupn- (“to curve, bow, vault”).

Compare Sanskrit कोष्ठ (koṣṭha, “entrails”).

Noun

*kyšьka f

1. intestine
2. entrails?

Inflection

Declension of *kyšьka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kyšьka	*kyšьcě	*kyšьky
genitive	*kyšьky	*kyšьku	*kyšьkъ
dative	*kyšьcě	*kyšьkama	*kyšьkamъ
accusative	*kyšьkǫ	*kyšьcě	*kyšьky
instrumental	*kyšьkojǫ, *kyšьkǫ**	*kyšьkama	*kyšьkami
locative	*kyšьcě	*kyšьku	*kyšьkasъ, *kyšьkaxъ*
vocative	*kyšьko	*kyšьcě	*kyšьky

^* -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:
  • Old Ruthenian: ки́шка (kíška), ки́жка (kížka)
    • Belarusian: кі́шка (kíška)
    • Ukrainian: ки́шка (kýška)
  • Russian: кишка́ (kišká)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: кишька (kišĭka)

    Glagolitic script: ⰽⰺⱎⱐⰽⰰ (kišĭka)

  • Bulgarian: ки́шка (kíška) (dialectal)
  • Slovene: kȋška
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: kyska (dialectal)
  • Polabian: kóisа
    • → Polabian: tʼai̯sə (“kidney”) (< *kyša)
  • Polish: kiszka

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кишка́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1988), “кі́шка”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 4 (К – ка́ята), Minsk: Navuka i technika
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “ки́шка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 441