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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kosmъ

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 *kosa +‎ *-mъ.

Noun

*kosmъ m[1][2]

  1. lock, tuft of hair
Alternative forms
  • *kosma

Inflection
Declension of *kosmъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kosmъ *kosma *kosmi
genitive *kosma *kosmu *kosmъ
dative *kosmu *kosmoma *kosmomъ
accusative *kosmъ *kosma *kosmy
instrumental *kosmъmь, *kosmomь* *kosmoma *kosmy
locative *kosmě *kosmu *kosměxъ
vocative *kosme *kosma *kosmi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: космъ (kosmŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: космок (kosmok)
        • Belarusian: ко́смы pl (kósmy) (dialectal)
        • ⇒ Belarusian: касмы́лъ
        • Ukrainian: косом (kosom), космо́к (kosmók)
      • Russian: ко́смы pl (kósmy)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: kosmy pl
      • Czech: kosm (dated)
    • Old Polish: kosm
      • Polish: kosm (obsolete)
      • ⇒ Polish: kosmyk
    • Slovak: kosmi
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: kósm
      • Upper Sorbian: kosm

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kosmъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 238
  2. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kosmъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 145
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