Cognate Set 6524 – Meaning: back

IE-CoR reference form:
costa
IE-CoR reference language:
Latin
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
From Latin costa 'rib, side' (Meyer-Lübke 1935:211, DCECH II:278-279), further etymology obscure (cf. Ernout & Meillet 1985:146, de Vaan 2008:140)
Found in clades:
Italic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 2 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
144   Portuguese costas ˈkɔʃtɐʃ ˈkɔʃtɐʃ
145   Portuguese: Brazilian costas
References
  • Corominas, Joan and Pascual, José A.: II: 278–279
    Cf. s.v. Sp. cuesta 'espalda', from Lat. cŏsta 'costilla', 'costado, lado'.
  • Ernout, Alfred and Meillet, Antoine: 146
    S.v. Lat. costa, -ae 'côte, flanc', there are no precise correspondences. It is sometimes compared with OCS kostь 'os', but this same word seems inseparable from the group of Lat. os, Skt. ásthi, etc., perhaps there was a prefix k-, but the existence of such a prefix has been contested.
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm: 211
    S.v. 2279 Lat. costa 'Seite, Rippe'.
  • de Vaan, Michiel: 140
    S.v. Lat. costa 'rib' "Costa has been compared with Slavic *kost-i- 'bone', yet it is unlikely that it is cognate. In Slavic, kostь may be the reflex of PIE *Host- 'bone', since there is no other word which qualifies for this. This would then be a unique case of kV- < *HV- in Slavic. Yet in Latin, PIE *Host- is reflected by os, ossis, so that costa cannot reflect the same etymon. Since it also does not mean 'bone' but 'rib', which may have different semantic roots, we must regard costa as an isolated word without etymology."