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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъsьnъ

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

Per Derksen, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kuśnas, probably continuing an obscure Proto-Indo-European *kewḱ-. Cognate[1] with Latvian kusls (“stiff, small, weak”), Lithuanian kùšlas (“blind, weak, small”).

Trubachev proposes instead a connection to Proto-Slavic *kysělъ (“sour, bitter”) (or Proto-Slavic *kvasъ (“leaven”) in that matter) via semantic shift sour → overpassed its expiration date → late similar to Latin sērus (“late”) from Latin serum (“whey”).

Technically, could also reflect an earlier *kъtsьnъ akin to Proto-Slavic *kъsenь (“caviar, spawn”), Proto-Slavic *kutiti (“to push”), Proto-Slavic *kustriti (“to push, to incite”) and further Lithuanian kùtas (“fringe, hem”). Per Snoj, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kweh₂t- (“to seethe”), probably a t-extension of Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- (“to hew”).

Adjective

*kъ̀sьnъ[2][3]

  1. slow, late
    Synonym: *pozdьnъ

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *kъsьno (“late”) (adverb)
  • *kъsьněti (“to be late”)

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: късьнъ (kŭsĭnŭ), къснъ (kŭsnŭ)
      • → Belarusian: косны (kósny)
      • → Russian: ко́сный (kósnyj)
      • → Ukrainian: ко́сний (kósnyj)
    • Bulgarian: къ́сен (kǎ́sen)
    • Macedonian: касен (kasen) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ка̏сан
      Latin script: kȁsan
    • Slovene: kəsȃn (tonal orthography), kásen

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ко́сный”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъsьnъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 246
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “късен”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 229

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) “*kùšlas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 267
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kъsьnъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 263
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016) “kásen”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*kъ̀sьnъ”
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