Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kvasъ

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kvasъ

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 Proto-Indo-European *kwh₂et-. Cognate with Latin cāseus (“cheese”), Sanskrit क्वथ् (kvath, “to boil”).

Noun

*kvȃsъ m[1][2][3]

1. leaven, fermented drink

Inflection

Declension of *kvȃsъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kvȃsъ	*kvȃsa	*kvȃsi
Accusative	*kvȃsъ	*kvȃsa	*kvȃsy
Genitive	*kvȃsa	*kvasù	*kvãsъ
Locative	*kvȃsě	*kvasù	*kvasě̃xъ
Dative	*kvȃsu	*kvasomà	*kvasòmъ
Instrumental	*kvȃsъmь, *kvȃsomь*	*kvasomà	*kvasý
Vocative	*kvase	*kvȃsa	*kvȃsi

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• *kvasiti (“to sot, to ferment”)
  • *kvasidlo
  • *kvasivo / *kvasivъ
  • *kvaša
  • *kvašenina
  • *kvašenьje
• *kvasina
• *kvasъkъ
  • *kvasъka (“leaven”)
• *kvasьcь
• *kvasьnъ
  • *kvasьna
  • *kvasьnica
  • *kvasьnikъ
  • *kvasьnina

Related terms

Related terms

• *kvasati
• *kysati (“to turn sour”)
• *kyselъ / *kysělъ (“sour”)
• *kysěti (“to become/turn sour”)
• *kъsenь (“caviar, spawn”)
• *kъsьnъ (“slow”) (possibly)
• *kysiti
• *kysnǫti
• *kyslъ (“sour”)
• *kyša (“intestine, stomach”)
• *kyšati
• *kyšenь
• *kyšьka (“intestine, stomach”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: квасъ (kvasŭ)
    • Belarusian: квас (kvas)
    • Russian: квас (kvas)
    • Ukrainian: квас (kvas)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: квасъ (kvasŭ)

    Glagolitic: ⰽⰲⰰⱄⱏ (kvasŭ)

  • Bulgarian: квас (kvas)
  • Macedonian: квас (kvas)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: ква̑с

    Latin: kvȃs

  • Slovene: kvȃs (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: kvas
    • Czech: kvas
      • Moravian (Mistřice): kvas
  • Polabian: kos
  • Polish: kwas
  • Slovak: kvas
  • Slovincian: kvȧ̃s
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: kwas
    • Lower Sorbian: kwas

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “квас”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. (1993), “квас”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 391
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kvasъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 153

References

1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kvȃsъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 258: “m. o (c) ‘leaven, fermented drink’”
2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “kvasъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 123, 187, 211; PR 137; RPT 99, 102); a (SA 211) surdej”
3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “kvȃs”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*kvȃsъ”