Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/smordъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *smarˀdas, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd-. Cognate with Latvian smards, Lithuanian smardas, Ukrainian сморід (smorid), Latin merda (“dung, excrement, shit”).

Noun

*smȏrdъ m

stench

Declension

Declension of *smordъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*smordъ	*smorda	*smordi
genitive	*smorda	*smordu	*smordъ
dative	*smordu	*smordoma	*smordomъ
accusative	*smordъ	*smorda	*smordy
instrumental	smordъmь, smordomь^*	*smordoma	*smordy
locative	*smordě	*smordu	*smorděxъ
vocative	*smorde	*smorda	*smordi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

*smьrdě̀ti
*smordina, the source of Russian смородина (smorodina, “currant”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: смородъ (smorodŭ)
  - Belarusian: смо́рад (smórad), смуро́д (smuród)
  - Russian: смо́род (smórod) (obsolete)
  - Ukrainian: смо́рід (smórid)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: смрадъ (smradŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱄⰿⱃⰰⰴⱏ (smradŭ)
  - → Russian: смра́д (smrád)
- Bulgarian: смрад (smrad)
- Macedonian: смрдеа (smrdea), смрад (smrad)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: смра̑д
  
  Latin script: smrȃd
- Slovene: smrȃd (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: smrad
  - Czech: smrad
- Polabian: smord
- Old Polish: smród
  - Polish: smród
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: smard
- Old Slovak:
  - Pannonian Rusyn: смрод (smrod)
  - Slovak: smrad
- Sorbian:
  Upper Sorbian: smród
  
  Lower Sorbian: smrod

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “смо́род”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Derksen, Rick (2008) “*smordъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 456