Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/košara

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

From *košь +‎ *-ara.

Noun

*košàra f[1]

  1. basket
  2. sheepfold, pen (originally denoting the hedge which formed the pen)

Inflection

Declension of *košàra (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *košàra *košàrě *košàry
genitive *košàry *košàru *košàrъ
dative *košàrě *košàrama *košàramъ
accusative *košàrǫ *košàrě *košàry
instrumental *košàrojǫ, *košàrǭ** *košàrama *košàramī
locative *košàrě *košàru *košàrasъ, *košàraxъ*
vocative *košàro *košàrě *košàry

* -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).

  • *kotьcь (cottage)
  • *košеrъ (beehive)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: коша́ра (košára, sheepfold)
    • Ukrainian: коша́ра (košára, sheepfold)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кошара”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*košara/*košarъ/*košerъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 183
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кошара¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 692

References

  1. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “košȃra”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*kos'a̋ra