Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kuda
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Action/resultant noun of *kuditi (“to prosecute, to accuse”) + *-a, commonly prefixed with *pro-.
Noun
*kùda f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kuda | *kudě | *kudy |
| genitive | *kudy | *kudu | *kudъ |
| dative | *kudě | *kudama | *kudamъ |
| accusative | *kudǫ | *kudě | *kudy |
| instrumental | *kudojǫ, *kudǫ** | *kudama | *kudami |
| locative | *kudě | *kudu | *kudasъ, *kudaxъ* |
| vocative | *kudo | *kudě | *kudy |
* -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).
Derived terms
Related terms
- *kudo (“sorcery”)
Descendants
See Proto-Slavic *prokuda.
On its own, possibly attested in Bulgarian ку́да (kúda, “fellowship, group, flock”), presumably reanalyzed from original meaning “gang, mob” < “someone prosecuted, driven”. Alternative interpretations, however, do exist. See there for further details.
Further reading
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “куда”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 75