Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kǫťa

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 possible sporadic appearance in East Slavic, which is however disputed by Vasmer.[1] 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[2]

    1. house, hut, cabin

    Declension

    Declension of *kǫťa (soft a-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *kǫťa *kǫťi *kǫťę̇
    genitive *kǫťę̇ *kǫťu *kǫťь
    dative *kǫťi *kǫťama *kǫťamъ
    accusative *kǫťǫ *kǫťi *kǫťę̇
    instrumental *kǫťejǫ, *kǫťǫ** *kǫťama *kǫťami
    locative *kǫťi *kǫťu *kǫťasъ, *kǫťaxъ*
    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”)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Old Cyrillic script: кѫща (kǫšta)
        Glagolitic script: ⰽⱘⱋⰰ (kǫšta)
      • Bulgarian: къ́ща (kǎ́šta)
      • Macedonian: ку́ќа (kúḱa)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: ку̏ћа
        Latin script: kȕća
      • Slovene: koča
    • West Slavic:
      • Czech: kuča (dialectal, possibly from Ukrainian via Polish)
      • Polish: kucza, kuca
        • Polish: kuczka (possibly from Ukrainian)
      • Slovak: kučka (dialectal)

    Further reading

    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*kǫtja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 70
    • Bailey, H W (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge University Press, p. 51

    References

    1. ^ https://lexicography.online/etymology/к/куча
    2. ^ 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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