Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krь(jь)

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 *kris.

Adverb

*krь(jь)

(dialectal) around, nearby

Related terms

*krajь (“end, boundary”)
*krojiti (“to devise, to cut out”)

Derived terms

*jьzkrь

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: крей (krej), кри (kri) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: кре (kre, “at”), кръй (krǎj, “around”) (dialectal)

References

Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1987), “*krь(jь)”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 13, Moscow: Nauka, page 73
Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1979), “кре”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 727
Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1986), “кръй, кр'ъй”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 42

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