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
Accusative	*košàrǫ	*košàrě	*košàry
Genitive	*košàry	*košàru	*košàrъ
Locative	*košàrě	*košàru	košàrasъ, košàraxъ^*
Dative	*košàrě	*košàrama	*košàramъ
Instrumental	košàrojǫ, košàrǭ^**	*košàrama	*košàramī
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 slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*kos'a̋ra”

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[1] Snoj, Marko (2016), “košȃra”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*kos'a̋ra”