Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kǫdrь

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

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Noun

*kǫdrь m

  1. curl, lock of hair, ringlet

Inflection

Declension of *kǫdrь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kǫdrь *kǫdri *kǫdrьje, *kǫdře*
genitive *kǫdri *kǫdrьju, *kǫdřu* *kǫdrьjь, *kǫdri*
dative *kǫdri *kǫdrьma *kǫdrьmъ
accusative *kǫdrь *kǫdri *kǫdri
instrumental *kǫdrьmь *kǫdrьma *kǫdrьmi
locative *kǫdri *kǫdrьju, *kǫdřu* *kǫdrьxъ
vocative *kǫdri *kǫdri *kǫdrьje, *kǫdře*

* 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:
    • Russian: куде́рь (kudérʹ), ку́дри (kúdri)
    • Ukrainian: ку́дер (kúder), куди́р (kudýr)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: къ́дър (kǎ́dǎr), къдрица (kǎdrica)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: кудар
      Latin script: kudar
    • Slovene: kọ́dər (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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