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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kyšьka
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewp- (“tuft, cluster, hair on the head”), related to Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”), German Schopf (“tuft”), Albanian çup (“without tail, maimed”). Comparable to Proto-Indo-European *skub-, *skup-, *skupn- (“to curve, bow, vault”).[1]
Compare Sanskrit कोष्ठ (koṣṭha, “entrails”).
Noun
*kyšьka f
- intestine
- entrails?
Inflection
Declension of *kyšьka (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *kyšьka | *kyšьcě | *kyšьky |
| Accusative | *kyšьkǫ | *kyšьcě | *kyšьky |
| Genitive | *kyšьky | *kyšьku | *kyšьkъ |
| Locative | *kyšьcě | *kyšьku | *kyšьkasъ, *kyšьkaxъ* |
| Dative | *kyšьcě | *kyšьkama | *kyšьkamъ |
| Instrumental | *kyšьkojǫ, *kyšьkǫ** | *kyšьkama | *kyšьkami |
| Vocative | *kyšьko | *kyšьcě | *kyšьky |
* -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).
** 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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old Ruthenian: ки́шка (kíška), ки́жка (kížka)
- Belarusian: кі́шка (kíška)
- Ukrainian: ки́шка (kýška)
- Russian: кишка́ (kišká)
- Old Ruthenian: ки́шка (kíška), ки́жка (kížka)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: кишька (kišĭka)
- Glagolitic: ⰽⰺⱎⱐⰽⰰ (kišĭka)
- Bulgarian: ки́шка (kíška) (dialectal)
- Slovene: kȋška
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: kyska (dialectal)
- Polabian: kóisа
- → Polabian: tʼai̯sə (“kidney”) (< *kyša)
- Polish: kiszka
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “кишка́”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1988), “кі́шка”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volume 4 (к – ка́ята), Minsk: Navuka i technika
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “ки́шка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 441
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 956