Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/korica

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 *kora +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*korica f

  1. bark

Inflection

Declension of *korica (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *korica *korici *koricę̇
genitive *koricę̇ *koricu *koricь
dative *korici *koricama *koricamъ
accusative *koricǫ *korici *koricę̇
instrumental *koricejǫ, *koricǫ** *koricama *koricami
locative *korici *koricu *koricasъ, *koricaxъ*
vocative *korice *korici *koricę̇

* -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: корица (korica)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: корицѧ (koricę) Npl.
      Glagolitic script: ⰽⱁⱃⰻⱌⱔ (koricę)
    • Bulgarian: кори́ца (koríca)
    • Macedonian: корица (korica)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ко̏рица
      Latin script: kȍrica
    • Slovene: korica
  • West Slavic:

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*korica”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 235
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кори́ца”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress