Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kystь

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

Related to Proto-Slavic *kyta (“bundle, tuft”), *kytiti (“to bunch up”), perhaps from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kúnstei (“to cover, to wrap”) +‎ *-tь, attested in Old Prussian kūnti (“to safeguard, to shelter”) and partially in Lithuanian kùsti, kū́sti (“to mend, to repair”), pres. kunta class 3p. (another attested meaning “to stir, to mess around, to roam” corresponding to pres. kū́sta class 3p. is likely from a different root; cf. Proto-Slavic *skytati (“to roam”), Latvian kustēt (“to move”)).

Noun

*kystь f

bunch, bundle, tuft (pack of similar objects clustered together)
Synonym: *pǫkъ
→ (anatomy) hand, paw
→ brush

Declension

Declension of *kystь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kystь	*kysti	*kysti
Accusative	*kystь	*kysti	*kysti
Genitive	*kysti	kystьju, kysťu^*	kystьjь, kysti^*
Locative	*kysti	kystьju, kysťu^*	*kystьxъ
Dative	*kysti	*kystьma	*kystьmъ
Instrumental	kystьjǫ, kysťǫ^*	*kystьma	*kystьmi
Vocative	*kysti	*kysti	*kysti

^* 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).

Derived terms

*kysta
- *kystъka, *kystьca (diminutives)
*kystra
- ⇒ German: Kistritz (toponym, place in Eastern Saxony)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: кисть (kistĭ, “bunch”)
  - Belarusian: кісць (kiscʹ, “brush”)
  - Russian: кисть (kistʹ, “brush”)
    - → Serbo-Croatian: m (o-stem)
      Cyrillic: ки̏ст
      Latin: kȉst
    - → Slovene: kīst (o-stem)
  - Ukrainian: кисть (kystʹ, “hand”)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ки́ст (kíst), ки́сца (kísca) (dialectal)
West Slavic:
- Czech: kýsť (dialectal)
- Old Polish: kiść
  - Polish: kiść
- Slovak: kysť, chysť (dialectal)
- Sorbian:
  - ⇒ Lower Sorbian: kistkа
  - Upper Sorbian: kiść