ковш

Inherited from Old East Slavic ковшь (kovšĭ), borrowed from Lithuanian káušas (“ladle, dipper, big spoon”), derived from Lithuanian káuti (“hew, chop out”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *káuˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *kowh₂-, from the root *kewh₂-.

• IPA^(key): [kofʂ]

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ковш • (kovš) m inan (genitive ковша́, nominative plural ковши́, genitive plural ковше́й, relational adjective ковшево́й, diminutive ко́вшик)

1. scoop, dipper, ladle
2. bucket (of an excavator)

• → English: kovsh

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ковш”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “ковш”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.