Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kursô

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

Thought to be from Proto-Indo-European *gʷh₃u-(w)ŕ̥s-ēn (“bull”), from *gʷoh₃ws (“cow”) +‎ *wérsēn (“male animal”), cognate with Sanskrit गोवृष (govṛṣa, “bull”), Proto-Tocharian *kauwärṣän (“bull”).

Noun

*kursô m[1]

  1. bull, calf

Declension

Declension of *kursô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kursô *kursaniz
vocative *kursô *kursaniz
accusative *kursanų *kursanunz
genitive *kursiniz *kursanǫ̂
dative *kursini *kursammaz
instrumental *kursinē *kursammiz

Descendants

  • Proto-Norse: *kursō, *kussō
    • Old Norse: kursi, kussi m, kussa f
      • Icelandic: kussi, kusi m, kussa, kusa f
      • Faroese: kussi, kusa f
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: kusse m, kussa f
      • Swedish: kossa f
      • → Scots: kussi, kossi (Shetlandic)
        • ⇒ Scots: kussak, kussack (Orkney, diminutive)
    • → Proto-Samic: *kusë (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kursan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 312
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