Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kora

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *karā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kor-eh₂, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Doublet of *skorà. Cognate with Latin corium, Sanskrit चर्मन् (cárman).

Noun

*korà f[1][2]

  1. bark

Declension

Declension of *korà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *korà *kòrě *korỳ
genitive *korỳ *korù *kòrъ
dative *korě̀ *koràma *koràmъ
accusative *korǫ̀ *kòrě *korỳ
instrumental *koròjǫ, *kòrǫ** *koràma *koràmī
locative *korě̀ *korù *koràsъ, *koràxъ*
vocative *koro *kòrě *korỳ

* -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

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: кора (kora)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*korà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 234: “f. ā (b) ‘bark’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kora”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b* bark (PR 135f.)”
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