Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫgořь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

*ǫgořь

Alternative reconstructions

  • *ǫgъřь, *ǫgřь

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *angurjás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engʷʰ-ur-yos (“snake-like, serpentine > eel”), enlargement of *h₂engʷʰ- (see *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”)).

Cognate with Old Prussian angurgis, Lithuanian ungurỹs, Finnish ankerias (borrowed from Baltic), Ancient Greek ἔγχελυς (énkhelus), Latin anguilla. Related to *ǫžь (“snake”) and *ežь (“hedgehog”, originally a “snake-eater”).

Noun

*ǫgořь m[1][2][3]

  1. eel

Inflection

Declension of *ǫgořь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *ǫgořь *ǫgoři *ǫgořьje, *ǫgoře*
genitive *ǫgoři *ǫgořьju, *ǫgořu* *ǫgořьjь, *ǫgoři*
dative *ǫgoři *ǫgořьma *ǫgořьmъ
accusative *ǫgořь *ǫgoři *ǫgoři
instrumental *ǫgořьmь *ǫgořьma *ǫgořьmi
locative *ǫgoři *ǫgořьju, *ǫgořu* *ǫgořьxъ
vocative *ǫgoři *ǫgoři *ǫgořьje, *ǫgoře*

* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *ѫгорь (*ǫgorĭ), *ѫгърь (*ǫgŭrĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • ⇒ Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: ѫгорищь (ǫgorištĭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: у̀гор
      Latin script: ùgor
    • Slovene: ogọ̑r, ọ̑gor (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Zhuravlyov, A. F., Varbot, Zh. Zh., editors (2016), “*ǫgorь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 40 (*ǫborъkъ – *pakъla), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 33
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ǫgorь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 386: “m. jo ‘eel’”
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “ogọ́r”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1973) “угорь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 4 (Т – Ящур), Moscow: Progress, page 146
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