Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kóslos

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Alternative forms

  • *kósulos

Etymology

Unknown; possibly borrowed from a substrate language.[1][2] The presence of irregular variations and the geographic distribution suggest the word entered Indo-European at a late stage, after the dissolution of PIE dialects, perhaps as a wanderword.

Noun

*kóslos m (non-ablauting)[3][1][4]

  1. hazel

Inflection

Thematic
singular
nominative *kóslos
genitive *kóslosyo
singular dual plural
nominative *kóslos *kósloh₁ *kósloes
vocative *kósle *kósloh₁ *kósloes
accusative *kóslom *kósloh₁ *kósloms
genitive *kóslosyo *? *kósloHom
ablative *kóslead *? *kóslomos, *kóslobʰos
dative *kósloey *? *kóslomos, *kóslobʰos
locative *kósley, *kósloy *? *kósloysu
instrumental *kósloh₁ *? *kóslōys

Descendants

  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • >? Old Lithuanian: kasùlas (“hunter's spear, stick, bush”)
  • Proto-Celtic: *koslos (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *haslaz (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *kosulos, *kosolos[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*kós(V)los”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 260
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2013) “Substratum words in Balto-Slavic”, in Filologija, volume 60, Zagreb, published 2014, page 84 of 75–102
  3. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “*kos(e)lo-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 616
  4. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 160: “*kós(V)los”
  5. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “corulus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 138-139
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