Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skornь

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

Potential cognates include Icelandic hvarmur and Latin parma.

Noun

*skornь f

  1. (anatomy) temple

Inflection

Declension of *skornь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *skornь *skorni *skorni
genitive *skorni *skornьju, *skorňu* *skornьjь, *skorni*
dative *skorni *skornьma *skornьmъ
accusative *skornь *skorni *skorni
instrumental *skornьjǫ, *skorňǫ* *skornьma *skornьmi
locative *skorni *skornьju, *skorňu* *skornьxъ
vocative *skorni *skorni *skorni

* 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: скороня (skoronja), скоронь (skoronĭ)
      • Russian: скоро́нь (skorónʹ)
    • Old Novgorodian: скорꙑнь (śkorynĭ) (Old Pskovian)
      • Russian: скорынья́ (skorynʹjá) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      • Russian Church Slavonic: скраниꙗ (skranija)
      • Serbian Church Slavonic: скраниꙗ (skranija)
    • Slovene: skrȃnj, skránjа, skrȃnje (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “скоронь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress