Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kosturъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *kȍstь (“bone”) + *-urъ.
Noun
- (originally) bone tool
- (North Slavic) walking stick, cane, staff
- (South Slavic, anatomy) skeleton (system that provides support to an organism)
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kosturъ | *kostura | *kosturi |
| genitive | *kostura | *kosturu | *kosturъ |
| dative | *kosturu | *kosturoma | *kosturomъ |
| accusative | *kosturъ | *kostura | *kostury |
| instrumental | *kosturъmь, *kosturomь* | *kosturoma | *kostury |
| locative | *kosturě | *kosturu | *kosturěxъ |
| vocative | *kosture | *kostura | *kosturi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
nouns
- *kostura
Related terms
adjectives
- *kostěnъ
- *kostьnъ
- *kostřavъ
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Jakubowicz, Mariola, editor (2024), “kosturъ 1.”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 10 (-ka – kožuchъ), Warszawa: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 270
- ^ Jakubowicz, Mariola, editor (2024), “kosturъ 2.”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 10 (-ka – kožuchъ), Warszawa: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 271
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kosturъ/*kostura”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 175
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ко́стур”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “kostur”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 252
- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “kostur”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), volume 801, page 1
- Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965), “kostur”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes II: K—Kot, Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego, page 534
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “ко́стур”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “Ко́стур”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “ко̀стур”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 666