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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kuka

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 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kaukāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kowk-eh₂, from *kewk-.

Noun

*kùka f[1]

  1. hook
Inflection
Declension of *kùka (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *kùka *kùcě *kùky
genitive *kùky *kùku *kùkъ
dative *kùcě *kùkama *kùkamъ
accusative *kùkǫ *kùcě *kùky
instrumental *kùkojǫ, *kùkǭ** *kùkama *kùkamī
locative *kùcě *kùku *kùkasъ, *kùkaxъ*
vocative *kùko *kùcě *kùky
* -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).
  • *kuča (“heap”)
  • *čuka (“rock hill”)
  • *kukonosъ (“hook-nosed”)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: ку́ка (kúka)
    • Russian: ку́ка (kúka)
    • Ukrainian: ку́ка (kúka)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Etymology 2

Possibly etymologically identical with *kùka. Baltic cognates include Lithuanian kaũkas (“goblin”), Old Prussian cawx (“devil”).

Noun

*kuka f[2]

  1. goblin
Inflection
Declension of *kuka (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kuka *kucě *kuky
genitive *kuky *kuku *kukъ
dative *kucě *kukama *kukamъ
accusative *kukǫ *kucě *kuky
instrumental *kukojǫ, *kukǫ** *kukama *kukami
locative *kucě *kuku *kukasъ, *kukaxъ*
vocative *kuko *kucě *kuky
* -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).
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: ку́ка (kúka, “something terrible living in the dark”) (dialectal)
    • Russian: ку́ка (kúka, “wood-goblin”) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: кук (kuk), кукура (kukura) (dialectal)
      ⇒ Bulgarian: кукер (kuker) (possibly)
    • Slovene: kuka (“insect, intestinal worm, pig”)
  • West Slavic:
    • Slovincian: kuka (“evil spirit”)
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: kuka (“intestinal worm”)

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kùka I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 256
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kuka II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 256
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