Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kruša

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 *grušiti or *krušiti +‎ *-ja, called so after its pulp. Cognate with Lithuanian kriaušė, Latvian krause (“pear tree”).

Compare Latin pirum probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *peys-.

Noun

*krùša f[1]

  1. pear

Inflection

Declension of *krùša (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *krùša *krùši *krùšę̇
genitive *krùšę̇ *krùšu *krùšь
dative *krùšī *krùšama *krùšāmъ
accusative *krùšǫ *krùši *krùšę̇
instrumental *krùšējǫ, *krùšǭ* *krùšama *krùšāmī
locative *krùšī *krùšu *krùšāsъ
vocative *krùše *krùši *krùšę̇

* 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).

Alternative forms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gruša”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 156

References

  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kruša (gruša) krušy”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 23; PR 132; RPT 111)”
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