Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kuka

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 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kaukāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kowk-eh₂, from *kewk-.

Noun

*kùka f^[1]

hook

Inflection

Declension of *kùka (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kùka	*kùcě	*kùky
genitive	*kùky	*kùku	*kùkъ
dative	*kùcě	*kùkama	*kùkamъ
accusative	*kùkǫ	*kùcě	*kùky
instrumental	kùkojǫ, kùkǭ^**	*kùkama	*kùkamī
locative	*kùcě	*kùku	kùkasъ, kùkaxъ^*
vocative	*kùko	*kùcě	*kùky

^* -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

*kuča (“heap”)
*čuka (“rock hill”)
*kukonosъ (“hook-nosed”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: ку́ка (kúka)
- Russian: ку́ка (kúka)
- Ukrainian: ку́ка (kúka)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ку́ка (kúka)
- Macedonian: кука (kuka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ку̏ка
  
  Latin script: kȕka
  - Chakavian (Orbanići): kȕka
West Slavic:

Etymology 2

Possibly etymologically identical with *kùka. Baltic cognates include Lithuanian kaũkas (“goblin”), Old Prussian cawx (“devil”).

Noun

*kuka f^[2]

goblin

Inflection

Declension of *kuka (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kuka	*kucě	*kuky
genitive	*kuky	*kuku	*kukъ
dative	*kucě	*kukama	*kukamъ
accusative	*kukǫ	*kucě	*kuky
instrumental	kukojǫ, kukǫ^**	*kukama	*kukami
locative	*kucě	*kuku	kukasъ, kukaxъ^*
vocative	*kuko	*kucě	*kuky

^* -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).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: ку́ка (kúka, “something terrible living in the dark”) (dialectal)
- Russian: ку́ка (kúka, “wood-goblin”) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: кук (kuk), кукура (kukura) (dialectal)
  ⇒ Bulgarian: кукер (kuker) (possibly)
- Slovene: kuka (“insect, intestinal worm, pig”)
West Slavic:
- Slovincian: kuka (“evil spirit”)
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: kuka (“intestinal worm”)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kùka I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 256
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kuka II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 256

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kùka I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 256

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kuka II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 256

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