Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/koristь
Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
- *kȍrystь (East Slavic)
Etymology
Uncertain. *kȍrystь, even though attested only in East Slavic, may be original form, with *ry > *ri (compare *rygati). Several etymologies have been proposed:
- from Proto-Indo-European *korih₂-dʰh₁-tis (“robbing”), from *kóryos / *ker- (“war, troops”) and *dʰeh₁- (“to put, to place”)
- from *koristati + *-ь, from *ristati (“to haste”)
- from *(s)korati (“to get, to succeed?”) + *-ystь
- borrowed from Vulgar Latin caristia (“increase in prices”) with unexpected change of soft a-stem into i-stem[1]
Noun
Inflection
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *kȍristь | *kȍristi | *kȍristi |
genitive | *koristí | *koristьjù, *korisťu* | *koristь̀jь |
dative | *kȍristi | *koristьmà | *kȍristьmъ |
accusative | *kȍristь | *kȍristi | *kȍristi |
instrumental | *koristьjǫ́ | *koristьmà | *koristьmì |
locative | *koristí | *koristьjù, *korisťu* | *kȍristьxъ |
vocative | *koristi | *kȍristi | *kȍristi |
* 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).
Related terms
adjectives
verbs
- *koristati
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “Seven slavic etymologies: *ędro, *gъrdъ, *koristь, *kosъ, *myslь, *naglъ, *němъ”, in Bohumil Vykypěl, Vít Boček, editors, Perspectives of Slavonic etymology[1], Prague: Nakladatelství Lídové noviny, →ISBN, page 108
- ^ Jakubowicz, Mariola, editor (2024), “koristь f. : korystь f”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 10 (-ka – kožuchъ), Warszawa: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 237
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “korȋst”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*koristь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 71
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “корысть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “korzyść”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 251
- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “korzyść”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), volume 799, page 1
- Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “korzyść”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes II: K—Kot, Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego, page 513
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “ко́ри́сть”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “Кары́сць”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
- Jiří Rejzek (2007) “kořist”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda, page 314
- Václav Machek (1968) “kořist”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 279
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “ко́рист”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House
- Skok, Petar (1972) “korist”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (K – poni¹), Zagreb: JAZU, page 115