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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/korsta
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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-Indo-European *korHs-t-. Cognate with German verharschen (“to form scabs”).
Inflection
Declension of *kòrsta (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *kòrsta | *kòrstě | *kòrsty |
| Accusative | *kòrstǫ | *kòrstě | *kòrsty |
| Genitive | *kòrsty | *kòrstu | *kòrstъ |
| Locative | *kòrstě | *kòrstu | *kòrstasъ, *kòrstaxъ* |
| Dative | *kòrstě | *kòrstama | *kòrstamъ |
| Instrumental | *kòrstojǫ, *kòrstǭ** | *kòrstama | *kòrstamī |
| Vocative | *kòrsto | *kòrstě | *kòrsty |
* -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).
** 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:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: chrásta
- Polish: krosta
- Slovak: chrasta
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: [Term?]
- Upper Sorbian: [Term?]
Further reading
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “короста”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kòrsta”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 235: “f. ā (a) ‘scab’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “korsta”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132)”
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