Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъrčьma

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

Etymology

Probably from *kъrčiti +‎ *-ьma, from *kъrčь / *kъrča.

Noun

*kъrčьma f

rural tavern, inn, pub

Declension

Declension of *kъrčьma (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kъrčьma	*kъrčьmě	*kъrčьmy
genitive	*kъrčьmy	*kъrčьmu	*kъrčьmъ
dative	*kъrčьmě	*kъrčьmama	*kъrčьmamъ
accusative	*kъrčьmǫ	*kъrčьmě	*kъrčьmy
instrumental	kъrčьmojǫ, kъrčьmǫ^**	*kъrčьmama	*kъrčьmami
locative	*kъrčьmě	*kъrčьmu	kъrčьmasъ, kъrčьmaxъ^*
vocative	*kъrčьmo	*kъrčьmě	*kъrčьmy

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** 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

Church Slavonic: кърчьма (kŭrčĭma), кръчьма (krŭčĭma), корчма (korčma), Корчома (Korčoma) (Russian)

East Slavic: кърчьма (kŭrčĭma), кръчьма (krŭčĭma), корчма (korčma), Корчома (Korčoma)
- Belarusian: карчма́ (karčmá)
- Russian: корчма́ (korčmá) (obsolete)
- Ukrainian: ко́рчма́ (kórčmá)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: кръчьма (krŭčĭma)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: кръ́чма (krǎ́čma)
- Macedonian: крчма (krčma)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: кр̏чма
  
  Latin script: kȑčma
- Slovene: kr̄čma (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: krčma
  - Czech: krčma
- Kashubian: karczma
- Old Polish: karczma, kaczma
  - Polish: karczma, dial. karč́ma, karcma, kačma
- Old Slovak: karčma, kerčma, krčma
  - Pannonian Rusyn: карчма (karčma)
  - Slovak: krčma
- Slovincian: karczma
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: korčma
  - Lower Sorbian: kjarcma
    - (Schleifer dialect): kercma

Non-Slavic:
- → Middle High German: kretscheme
  - German: Kretscham
- → Hungarian: kocsma, korcsma
- → Romani: katšima
  - → German: Kaschemme
- → Romanian: cârciumă, crâșmă
- → Estonian: kõrts

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “корчма”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъrčьma”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 211