Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krasa

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

Of unclear origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kreH-, and cognate with Proto-Germanic *hrōþiz (“praise, fame”) (whence Old Norse hrósa (“to brag, to boast”)).

Noun

*krāsà f[1][2]

  1. beauty

Inflection

Declension of *krāsà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *krāsà *krãsě *krāsỳ
genitive *krāsỳ *krāsù *krãsъ
dative *krāsě̀ *krāsàma *krāsàmъ
accusative *krāsǫ̀ *krãsě *krāsỳ
instrumental *krāsòjǫ, *krãsǫ** *krāsàma *krāsàmī
locative *krāsě̀ *krāsù *krāsàsъ, *krāsàxъ*
vocative *kraso *krãsě *krāsỳ

* -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).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: краса (krasa)
      • Old Ruthenian: краса́ (krasá)
      • Russian: краса́ (krasá)
      • → Latgalian: kruosa
      • → Latvian: krāsa
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: краса (krasa)
      Glagolitic script: ⰽⱃⰰⱄⰰ (krasa)
    • Bulgarian: кра́са (krása)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: кра́са
      Latin script: krása
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*krasa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 95
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “краса”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*krāsà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 245: “f. ā (b)”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “krasa krasy”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 78; PR 135; MP 16)”
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