S.-CR. Koca 'Dorsum montis; clivus: An etymological-semantic view
S.-h. Koca 'dorsum montis, montis genus; clivus' - етимолошко-семантички поглед
Abstract
The paper deals with a case of multiple homonymy as reflected in the S.-Cr noun kosa. Leaving aside the etymologically identical pair of *kosa "coma" and kosa "falx" known to all Slavic languages (and therefore reconstructed for PS1. too, as obvious postverbals of PSI. *česati), as well as the newly established *kosa "aggregatio erosionis fluminis, promontorium", the author focuses on yet another homonymous noun in S.-Cr.: kosa "dorsum montis montis genus; clivus" which has hitherto not been given a satisfactory etymological interpretation. Four existing etymologies (three counting on various metaphors of already recognized nouns and one in favor of substantivisation of the adjective *kosb) are discussed and rejected as insufficiently persuading. Basic argumentation is presented for describing this semantically ambiguous geographic term as a post verbal of S.-Cr. kositi "cut; hit, fight; quarrel, hurt, etc.", a nomen resultativum meaning "that which has been cut (off)", specifically "c...
U radu se razmatraju četiri moguća etimološka rešenja za s.-h. kosa f "dorsum montis; clivus" i kao najverovatnije se predlaže njeno tumačenje kao postverbala glagola kosiši "seći; udarati rggd." (u vezi sa pel. *česati) što se potkrepljuje tipološkim paralelama.