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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kurica

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 *kurъ (cock) + *-ica.

Noun

*kurica f

  1. hen

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: ку́рыца (kúryca)
    • Russian: ку́рица (kúrica)
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: kurica
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: kurica (dialectal)
    • Polish: kurzyca (15th-17th c.)
    • Slovincian: kʉ̃řäcă

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kurica”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 257
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