Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kustъ

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kustъ

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

Commonly compared with Lithuanian kúokštas (“bundle, tuft”), accepted with reservations by Trubačev.

The lack of descendants in other branches formally permits alternative reconstruction *kǫstъ, considered as an option in ESSJa. Compare Proto-Slavic *kǫťa (“shack, shed”) > Russian ку́ча (kúča, “hut”), ку́ща (kúšča, “thicket”) (the later via Church Slavonic).

Noun

*kustъ m

1. shrub, bush

Declension

Declension of *kustъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kustъ	*kusta	*kusti
Accusative	*kustъ	*kusta	*kusty
Genitive	*kusta	*kustu	*kustъ
Locative	*kustě	*kustu	*kustěxъ
Dative	*kustu	*kustoma	*kustomъ
Instrumental	*kustъmь, *kustomь*	*kustoma	*kusty
Vocative	*kuste	*kusta	*kusti

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *kupъ (“pile, stack”)
• *kuča (“heap”)
• *kyta (“bundle, tuft”)

Derived terms

• *kusťь (< *kustjь < *kustъ + *-jь)[1]
  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: кущ (kušč)
      • → Polish: kuszcz (dialectal)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: кꙋстъ (kustŭ)
    • Old Belarusian: кустъ (kust)[2]
      • Belarusian: куст (kust)
    • Russian: куст (kust); кус (kus) (dialectal)
    • Old Ukrainian: коустъ (kust)[3]
      • Ukrainian: куст (kust) (dialectal, obsolete)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kustъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 137
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “куст”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “куст”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 160
• Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “куст”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
• “kuokštas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

References

1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “кущ”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 171
2. Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “кустъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 249
3. Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “коустъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 531