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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kostь

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

From Proto-Indo-European *kost-, supposedly connected with *h₃ost-. Compare Latin costa (“rib”).

Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to cut”) with semantic development ‘stabbed corpse’ > ‘dead body’ > ‘remnants’ > ‘bones’.[1]

Noun

*kȍstь f [2][3]

  1. bone

Declension
Declension of *kȍstь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *kȍstь *kȍsti *kȍsti
Accusative *kȍstь *kȍsti *kȍsti
Genitive *kostí *kostьjù, *kosťu* *kostь̀jь
Locative *kostí *kostьjù, *kosťu* *kȍstьxъ
Dative *kȍsti *kostьmà *kȍstьmъ
Instrumental *kostьjǫ́ *kostьmà *kostьmì
Vocative *kosti *kȍsti *kȍsti
* 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

Further reading
  1. А. С. Мельничук, Корень *kes- и его разновидности в лексике славянских и других индоевропейских языков. Этимология 1966, Moscow.
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kȏstь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 239: “f. i (c) ‘bone’”
  3. Olander, Thomas (2001), “kostь kosti”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. b (IRU 89, 94); c (SA 139, 199; PR 138)”
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