Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/karati

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

From the same root as *korìti (to reproach), with a long root vowel that is (per Derksen) of Proto-Slavic origin.

Verb

*karati impf[1]

  1. to punish
  2. to scold

Inflection

  • *kara (punishment)
  • *korъ (reproach?)
  • *korìti (to reproach)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: карати (karati) (14th century)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: kárati
    • Old Polish: karać
    • Pomeranian:
      • Kashubian: karac
      • Slovincian: karac
    • Slovak: kárať (literary)
    • Sorbian:

Further reading

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “ка́ра”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 377
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*karati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 9 (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 152
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кара́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*karati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 221:v. ‘scold, punish’