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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kyta

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

Action/resultant noun of *kyti (“to pound”) +‎ *-a[1], an expressive variant of Proto-Slavic *kuti (“to forge, to hew”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- (“to hew, to forge”), or related to Proto-Slavic *kyvati (“to nod, to wink, to take a look”) / Proto-Slavic *kydati (“to fling”) from Proto-Indo-European *keh₁w- (“to flash, to swing”).

Noun

*kỳta f [2]

  1. twig (usually with leaves on)
    Synonyms: *větъka, *klonъka
  2. decoration
  3. bundle, tuft, braid (of hair)
    Synonyms: *kyčurъ, *plitъka
Declension
Declension of *kyta (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *kyta *kỳtě *kỳty
Accusative *kỳtǫ *kỳtě *kỳty
Genitive *kỳty *kỳtu *kỳtъ
Locative *kỳtě *kỳtu *kỳtasъ, *kỳtaxъ*
Dative *kỳtě *kỳtama *kỳtamъ
Instrumental *kỳtojǫ, *kỳtǭ** *kỳtama *kỳtamī
Vocative *kỳto *kỳtě *kỳty
* -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).
  • *kupъ (“pile, heap”)
  • *kuda (“group of people”)
  • *kuča (“stack”)
  • *kutiti (“to take care, to device, to shove”)
  • *kytati (“to hide, to protect”)
  • *kyčiti (“to hang, to decorate”)
  • *kytъ (“sheaf, decoration”)
    • *kytъka (“wrist, bouquet”)
    • *kytъčestъ (“flamboyant”)
Derived terms
  • *kytiti (“to form a bouquet, to decorate”)
  • *kystь (“brush”)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: кі́та (kíta) (obsolete, dialectal)
    • Russian: ки́та (kíta) (archaic)
    • Ukrainian: ки́та (kýta)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: кꙑтa (kyta)
    • Bulgarian: кѝта (kìta, “bundle of herbs, decoration”)
    • Macedonian: кита (kita)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ки̏та
      Latin: kȉta
    • Slovene: kíta (“hair, wool”)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: kyta (“tail”)
    • Polish: kita (“tail”)
    • Slovak: kyta (“tail”)

Further reading

References
  1. Snoj, Marko (2016), “kita”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*ky̋ti”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “kyta”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 155)”
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