Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kosatъ

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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 1

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Formed as *kosa (hair/scythe) +‎ *-atъ.

Adjective

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*kosàtъ

  1. hairy
    Synonym: *kosmatъ
  2. having pigtail
  3. having sharp appendages
Declension
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Descendants
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  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: каса́ты (kasáty)
    • Russian: коса́тый (kosátyj)
    • Ukrainian: коса́тий (kosátyj)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: kosatý (bony)
    • Sorbian:
      Upper Sorbian: kosaty (with sharp fins, bony)
      Lower Sorbian: kósaty (with sharp fins, bony)

Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kosatъ(jь) I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 136

Etymology 2

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Fossilized deadjectival noun from Proto-Slavic *kosa (scythe).

Noun

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*kosàtъ m

  1. dorsal fin (of fish, sharks, or catacea)
    → (by extension) cyprinid fish
Declension
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • South Slavic:

Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kosatъ(jь) II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 136
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “косат”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 657