Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kusъ

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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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Action/result noun of *kusati, *kusiti (to probe, to taste) +‎ *-ъ, of Germanic origin. In Slavic languages where *ǫ > *u, the Germanic root has merged with forms of native Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ (piece, bite).

Noun

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*kusъ m

  1. probe, trial
    Synonym: *opytъ
  2. (by abstraction) taste, savour

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: искоусъ (iskusŭ), въкоусъ (vŭkusŭ)
      Russian: вкус (vkus)
    • Bulgarian: вкус (vkus)
    • Macedonian: вкус (vkus)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: у̀кус
      Latin script: ùkus
    • Slovene: okȗs

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вкус”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кусам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 152
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “okȗs”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si