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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kosъ

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

Per Derksen 2008, possibly related to Ancient Greek κόψιχος (kópsikhos), κόσσυφος (kóssuphos), although the variation in the Greek forms suggests a pre-Greek substratum word.

Noun

*kȍsъ m [1]

  1. blackbird

Declension
Declension of *kȍsъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *kȍsъ *kȍsa *kȍsi
Accusative *kȍsъ *kȍsa *kȍsy
Genitive *kȍsa *kosù *kòsъ
Locative *kȍsě *kosù *kosě̃xъ
Dative *kȍsu *kosomà *kosòmъ
Instrumental *kȍsъmь, *kȍsomь* *kosomà *kosý
Vocative *kose *kȍsa *kȍsi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: кос (kos) (archaic, dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: кіс (kis) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: kos, kůs (dialectal)
    • Polish: kos
    • Slovak: kos (dialectal)
    • Sorbian:

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kȏsъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 239
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