Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/orzkošь

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

Alternative forms

*orzkoša

Etymology

Erotic cock imagery with *orz-, see *koxati (“to make love to”), *kokošь (“hen”), *kokotъ (“rooster”), Proto-Slavic *kočanъ meaning “head of cabbage”, “cob of corn”, “penis” across Slavic, and compare Proto-Slavic *kura (“hen”) and the expression Russian де́лать кому́-то ку́ры (délatʹ komú-to kúry) which is from French faire la cour but acquired a rooster-reminiscent double-entendre.

Noun

*orzkošь f

voluptuousness, pleasure, orgasm

Inflection

Declension of *orzkošь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*orzkošь	*orzkoši	*orzkoši
Accusative	*orzkošь	*orzkoši	*orzkoši
Genitive	*orzkoši	orzkošьju, orzkošu^*	orzkošьjь, orzkoši^*
Locative	*orzkoši	orzkošьju, orzkošu^*	*orzkošьxъ
Dative	*orzkoši	*orzkošьma	*orzkošьmъ
Instrumental	orzkošьjǫ, orzkošǫ^*	*orzkošьma	*orzkošьmi
Vocative	*orzkoši	*orzkoši	*orzkoši

^* 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:
- Belarusian: раско́ша (raskóša)
- Russian: ро́скошь (róskošʹ)
- Ukrainian: ро́зкіш (rózkiš)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: раскошь (raskošĭ)
- Bulgarian: разко́ш (razkóš)
- Macedonian: раскош (raskoš)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  - Cyrillic: ра́скош
  - Latin: ráskoš
- Slovene: razkȏš
West Slavic:
- Czech: rozkoš
- Kashubian: rozkosz
- Polish: rozkosz
- Slovak: rozkoš

Related terms

*orzkochati impf (“to revel, to orgasm”)
*orzkošiti pf (“to revel, to orgasm”)

References

Boryś, Wiesław (2005) Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, pages 520–521
Jakobson, Roman (1958), “While Reading Vasmer’s Dictionary”, in Selected Writings II. Words and Language., Paris: Mouton, published 1971, page 639

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