Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kystь

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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

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Etymology

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Related to Proto-Slavic *kyta (bundle, tuft), *kytiti (to bunch up), perhaps from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kúnstei (to cover, to wrap) +‎ *-tь, attested in Old Prussian kūnti (to safeguard, to shelter) and partially in Lithuanian kùsti, kū́sti (to mend, to repair), pres. kunta class 3p. (another attested meaning “to stir, to mess around, to roam” corresponding to pres. kū́sta class 3p. is likely from a different root; cf. Proto-Slavic *skytati (to roam), Latvian kustēt (to move)).

Noun

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*kystь f

  1. bunch, bundle, tuft (pack of similar objects clustered together)
    Synonym: *pǫkъ
    (anatomy) hand, paw
    brush

Declension

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Derived terms

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  • *kysta
  • *kystra
    • German: Kistritz (toponym, place in Eastern Saxony)

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кисть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kystь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 276
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кист”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 390
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кисца¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 391
  • kusti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012