Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kuna
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *kaunā́ˀ. Related, but not exactly cognate with Lithuanian kiáunė and Latvian caûna.
In some languages, the obsolete *kuna (“necklace, adornment, icon”), possibly borrowed from dialectal Ancient Greek κούνα (koúna), standard εἰκών (eikṓn, “image, icon”), is attested. Per Trubachev, a native formation from the deverbal participle *kuti (“to forge”) + *-nа.
Noun
editDeclension
editDeclension of *kūnà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *kūnà | *kũně | *kūnỳ |
genitive | *kūnỳ | *kūnù | *kũnъ |
dative | *kūně̀ | *kūnàma | *kūnàmъ |
accusative | *kūnǫ̀ | *kũně | *kūnỳ |
instrumental | *kūnòjǫ, *kũnǫ** | *kūnàma | *kūnàmī |
locative | *kūně̀ | *kūnù | *kūnàsъ, *kūnàxъ* |
vocative | *kuno | *kũně | *kūnỳ |
* -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).
Declension of *kunà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *kunà | *kȗně | *kȗny |
genitive | *kuný | *kunù | *kũnъ |
dative | *kuně̀ | *kunàma | *kunàmъ |
accusative | *kȗnǫ | *kȗně | *kȗny |
instrumental | *kunojǫ́ | *kunàma | *kunàmi |
locative | *kȗně | *kunù | *kunàsъ, *kunàxъ* |
vocative | *kuno | *kȗně | *kȗny |
* -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.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
edit- Verweij, Arno (1994) “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)[2], volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 504
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “куница”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kuna”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 103
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “куна²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 133
References
edit- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kuna kuny”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b/c mår (PR 135)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “kúna”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*kuna̋”
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- Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Proto-Slavic lemmas
- Proto-Slavic nouns
- Proto-Slavic feminine nouns
- sla-pro:Mustelids
- Proto-Slavic hard a-stem nouns
- Proto-Slavic nominals with accent paradigm b
- Proto-Slavic nominals with accent paradigm c