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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫgorь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *angurjas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engʷʰ-ur-io, enlargement of *h₂engʷʰ- (see *h₂éngʷʰis). Related to Old Prussian angurgis, Lithuanian ungurỹs (gen: uñgurio), Finnish ankerias (borrowed from Baltic), Ancient Greek ἔγχελυς (énkhelus), and Latin anguilla. More distantly related to *ǫžь (“snake”) (see its page for more details).

Noun

*ǫgorь m

  1. eel

Inflection
Declension of *ǫgorь (i-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *ǫgorь *ǫgori *ǫgorьje, *ǫgoře*
Accusative *ǫgorь *ǫgori *ǫgori
Genitive *ǫgori *ǫgorьju, *ǫgořu* *ǫgorьjь, *ǫgori*
Locative *ǫgori *ǫgorьju, *ǫgořu* *ǫgorьxъ
Dative *ǫgori *ǫgorьma *ǫgorьmъ
Instrumental *ǫgorьmь *ǫgorьma *ǫgorьmi
Vocative *ǫgori *ǫgori *ǫgorьje, *ǫgoře*
* 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 reconstructions

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: ву́гар (vúhar), вуго́р (vuhór) (gen: вугра́ (vugrá))
    • Russian: у́горь (úgorʹ) (gen: угря́ (ugrjá))
    • Ukrainian: вуго́р (vuhór) (gen: вугра́ (vuhrá))
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: ѫгорищь (ǫgorištĭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: у̀гор
      Latin: ùgor
    • Slovene: ogọ̑r, ọ̑gor (tonal orthography) (gen: ogọ̑rja, ọ̑gorja (tonal orthography))

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ǫgorь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 386: “m. jo ‘eel’”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), “ogọ́r”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “Pslovan. *ǫgor'ь”
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