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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skora
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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-Balto-Slavic *skarā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kor-eh₂, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian skarà (“scrap”), Latvian skara (“scrap, curl, curly wool”), Lithuanian skìrti (“to divide”) (1st sg. skiriù), Latvian šk̨ir̃t (“to divide”).
Indo-European cognates include Proto-Germanic *skarō (whence English share), *skeraną, Latin scortum (“pelt”), Albanian harr (“to weed”), Albanian shker (“to rip up, to tear up”) (also shtjer).
Inflection
Declension of *skorà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *skorà | *skòrě | *skorỳ |
| Accusative | *skorǫ̀ | *skòrě | *skorỳ |
| Genitive | *skorỳ | *skorù | *skòrъ |
| Locative | *skorě̀ | *skorù | *skoràsъ, *skoràxъ* |
| Dative | *skorě̀ | *skoràma | *skoràmъ |
| Instrumental | *skoròjǫ, *skòrǫ** | *skoràma | *skoràmī |
| Vocative | *skoro | *skòrě | *skorỳ |
* -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).
See also
- *koža (“skin, leather”, literally “goat (skin)”)
- *lubъ (“bast”)
- *lyko (“bast”)
Derived terms
- *skorupa
Descendants
Per Derksen, some descendants show a conjugation parallel to *vòľa.
- Church Slavonic: скора (skora)
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “скора”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
- Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “шкура”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 416
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*skorà (skòra)”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 452
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