Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kokošь

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

Of onomatopoeic origin; compare also *kurъ (“rooster”), *kura (“hen”). The masculine of this *kokotъ (“rooster”).

Noun

*kȍkošь f[1][2]

hen (female chicken)

Declension

Declension of *kȍkošь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kȍkošь	*kȍkoši	*kȍkoši
genitive	*kokoší	kokošьjù, kokošu^*	*kokošь̀jь
dative	*kȍkoši	*kokošьmà	*kȍkošьmъ
accusative	*kȍkošь	*kȍkoši	*kȍkoši
instrumental	*kokošьjǫ́	*kokošьmà	*kokošьmì
locative	*kokoší	kokošьjù, kokošu^*	*kȍkošьxъ
vocative	*kokoši	*kȍkoši	*kȍkoši

^* 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:
- Russian: ко́кошь (kókošʹ)
- Ukrainian: ко́кош (kókoš)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: кокошь (kokošĭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰽⱁⰽⱁⱎⱐ (kokošĭ)
- ⇒ Bulgarian: коко́шка (kokóška)
- ⇒ Macedonian: кокошка (kokoška)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ко̏ко̄ш
  
  Latin script: kȍkōš
- Slovene: kokọ̑š (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: kokoš
- Polish: kokosz
- Slovak: kokoš
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: kokoš
  - Upper Sorbian: kokoš

→ Albanian: kokosh
→ Hungarian: kakas
→ Romanian: cocoș

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kȍkošь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 228: “f. i (c) ‘hen’”
Olander, Thomas (2001) “kokošь kokoši”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c høne (SA 167; PR 138; MP 20)”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kȍkošь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 228: “f. i (c) ‘hen’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “kokošь kokoši”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c høne (SA 167; PR 138; MP 20)”