Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kǫťa

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Of obscure origin. Usually listed as an exclusive South Slavic isogloss, with sporadic appearance in East Slavic. It may be a cognate of Sogdian 𐫞𐫗𐫕‎ (qnθ /kand/, “city”), Khotanese [script needed] (kanthā, “city”) and Ossetian (Iron dialect) кӕнд (kænd, “building”).

Noun

*kǫťa f [1]

house, hut, cabin

Declension

Declension of *kǫťa (soft a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kǫťa	*kǫťi	*kǫťę̇
Accusative	*kǫťǫ	*kǫťi	*kǫťę̇
Genitive	*kǫťę̇	*kǫťu	*kǫťь
Locative	*kǫťi	*kǫťu	kǫťasъ, kǫťaxъ^*
Dative	*kǫťi	*kǫťama	*kǫťamъ
Instrumental	kǫťejǫ, kǫťǫ^**	*kǫťama	*kǫťami
Vocative	*kǫťe	*kǫťi	*kǫťę̇

^* -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 East Slavic: кꙋча (kuča, “hut, dwelling”)
  - Russian: ку́ча (kúča, “hut covered with dirt”) (dialectal)
  - Ukrainian: ку́ча (kúča)
  - ⇒ Belarusian: ку́чка (kúčka) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: кѫща (kǫšta)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰽⱘⱋⰰ (kǫšta)
  - → Russian: куща (kušča)
- Bulgarian: къ̀ща (kǎ̀šta)
- Macedonian: ку́ќа (kúḱa)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ку̏ћа
  
  Latin: kȕća
- Slovene: koča
West Slavic:
- Czech: kuča (dialectal, possibly from Ukrainian via Polish)
- Polish: kuczka (possibly from Ukrainian)
- Slovak: kučka (dialectal)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kǫtja”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244: “f. jā ‘hut’”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kǫtja”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244: “f. jā ‘hut’”