kostra.
skeleton (the system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals)
Meaning & usage
skeleton (the system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals)
Where this word comes from
Coined by Jan Svatopluk Presl in the 19th century. Králik explains the word as a coinage modeled on other Slavic languages, where formally similar terms occur but with different meanings (cf. Russian костёр (kostjór), костра (kostra), Polish kostra), which are derived from Proto-Slavic *kostra, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kostь (“bone”). Both Králik and Rejzek additionally connect the formation with Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to comb”), based on the semantics attested in the other Slavic languages.
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