All Slavic languages: little bone

[dihydrogen monoxide]

What would be the deminutive in your language for bone, i.e. little bone? Would there be an assimilation /ʃʨ/ or it would be the /ʃt/. I'll start with Slovene:


Slovene: kost-koščica
BCS: kost-koštica

 

[ahvalj]

Russian: kostʲ — kostočka

 

[Panceltic]

Polish: kość - kosteczka

 

[vianie]

Slovak: kosť - kostička

Czech: kost - kostička

Pronounced "kosťička" in both cases.

 

[ahvalj]

So, we have the following pattern (using Late Common Slavic forms):

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kostь → kostъka (> Macedonian koska, Ukrainian kʲistka) → kostъčьka (> Russian, Polish)​

kostь → kostъka or kostьca → kostъčica or kostьčica (> Slovene, BDSM)​

kostь → kostica → kostičьka (> Czech, Slovak).​

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That is, -ъk-~-ьk- and -ic- added in different combinations.

 

[vianie]

Yes, there's also kostica

 

[polskajason]

So, we have the following pattern (using Late Common Slavic forms):

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kostь → kostъka (> Macedonian koska, Ukrainian kʲistka) → kostъčьka (> Russian, Polish)​

kostь → kostъka or kostьca → kostъčica or kostьčica (> Slovene, BDSM)​

kostь → kostica → kostičьka (> Czech, Slovak).​

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That is, -ъk-~-ьk- and -ic- added in different combinations.

😊 BCMS. BDSM means...well, something else.

 

[ahvalj]

😊 BCMS. BDSM means...well, something else.

A pun was intended ,) A language shouldn't be called BCMS.

 

[Henares]

Polish: kość - kosteczka

First thing that comes to my mind when I hear “small bone” is “kostka”. It’s gradual: kość ->kostka -> kosteczka

 

[Anemona61]

Serbian: koščica

 

[polskajason]

A pun was intended ,) A language shouldn't be called BCMS.

What should it be called?