Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/košara

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 *košь ‎ *-ara.

Noun

*košàra f^[1]

basket
sheepfold, pen (originally denoting the hedge which formed the pen)

Inflection

Declension of *košàra (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*košàra	*košàrě	*košàry
genitive	*košàry	*košàru	*košàrъ
dative	*košàrě	*košàrama	*košàramъ
accusative	*košàrǫ	*košàrě	*košàry
instrumental	košàrojǫ, košàrǭ^**	*košàrama	*košàramī
locative	*košàrě	*košàru	košàrasъ, košàraxъ^*
vocative	*košàro	*košàrě	*košàry

^* -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).

Related terms

*kotьcь (“cottage”)
*košеrъ (“beehive”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: коша́ра (košára, “sheepfold”)
- Ukrainian: коша́ра (košára, “sheepfold”)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: кошара (košara)
  - ⇒ Albanian: koshere
  - ⇒ Romanian: coșar
  - ⇒ Hungarian: kosár
- Bulgarian: кошара (košara, “sheepfold”)
- Macedonian: кошара (košara, “stable”)
- Serbo-Croatian: kòšara
- Slovene: košȃra (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: košár (< *košarъ)

References

^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “košȃra”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*kos'a̋ra”

[1] Snoj, Marko (2016) “košȃra”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*kos'a̋ra”

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