kvȃsъ

kvȃsъ Grammatical information: m. o Accent paradigm: c Proto-Slavic meaning: `leaven, fermented drink'

Page in Trubačev: XIII 153-155

Old Church Slavic:

kvasъ `leaven, fermented drink, kvass' [m o]

Russian:

kvas `kvass, fermented drink' [m o], kvása [Gens]

Czech:

kvas `leaven, kvass, fermented drink' [m o]

Slovak:

kvas `leaven, mud' [m o]

Polish:

kwas `sourness, (arch.) fermented drink' [m o]

Serbo-Croatian:

kvȃs `leaven, kvass, malted drink' [m o], kvȃsa [Gens];

Čak. kvȃs (Vrgada) `yeast' [m o], kvȃsa [Gens];

Čak. kvȃs (Orbanići) `yeast' [m o], kvȃsa [Gens]

Slovene:

kvȃs `leaven, ferment' [m o]

Bulgarian:

kvas `leaven, kvass' [m o]

Indo-European reconstruction: \{1\} kHuōth₂-so-??; kue/oHth₂-so-??

Comments: Besides *kHuōth₂-so-, a secondary full grade *kua/oHso-, which would have to be posterior to Hirt's law, seems possible.

Other cognates:

Lat. cāseus `cheese'

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Go. hʷaʮo `foam' [f]