Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kosnǫti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From the root of *česàti (“to scratch, to comb”) + *-nǫti.

Verb

*kosnǫti pf [1][2]

to touch?

Inflection

Conjugation of *kosnǫti (perf., -n-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kosnovenьje	*kosnǫti	*kosnǫtъ	*kosnǫlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kosnovenъ	—
Active	*kosnǫvъ	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kosnǫxъ	*kosnǫ	*kosnǫ	*kosnǫ	*kosneši	*kosnetь
Dual	*kosnǫxově	*kosnǫsta	*kosnǫste	*kosnevě	*kosneta	*kosnete
Plural	*kosnǫxomъ	*kosnǫste	*kosnǫšę	*kosnemъ	*kosnete	*kosnǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*kosni	*kosni
Dual	—	—	—	*kosněvě	*kosněta	—
Plural	—	—	—	*kosněmъ	*kosněte	—

In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Related terms

*česàti (“to scratch, to comb”)
*kasati (“to touch? to trot? to fold?”)

*kosa (“(braided) hair”)
*kosmъ (“lock of hair, tuft”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: коснꙋти (kosnuti)
  - Belarusian: касну́цца (kasnúcca) (dialectal)
  - Russian: косну́ться (kosnútʹsja)
  - Ukrainian: косну́тися (kosnútysja) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: коснѫти (kosnǫti)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: ко́снувам (kósnuvam)
- Macedonian: косне (kosne) (literary)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ко̏снути
  
  Latin: kȍsnuti

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kosnǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 239: “v.”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “kosnǫti: kosnǫ kosnetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b røre (PR 137)”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kosnǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 239: “v.”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “kosnǫti: kosnǫ kosnetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b røre (PR 137)”