kouzlo

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kuzlo. Related to Russian кузло́ (kuzló, “blacksmith's work, act of forging metal, blacksmith's furnace”), Russian кова́ть (kovátʹ, “to forge”), Russian кузне́ц (kuznéc, “blacksmith”) and further with the similar meaning change to Russian кова́рный (kovárnyj, “guileful, insidious, perfidious, crafty, treacherous”), Russian кознь (koznʹ, “intrigue, jiggery-pokery, crafty design of the enemy, crafty design against somebody, scheme against somebody”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkou̯zlo]

kouzlo n

1. spell

• čáry
• šarm

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kuzlo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 142

• “kouzlo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kouzlo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kouzlo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кузло”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “коварный”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кознь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress