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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kora
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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 *karā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kor-eh₂, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Doublet of *skorà. Cognate with Latin corium, Sanskrit चर्मन् (cárman).
Declension
Declension of *korà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *korà | *kòrě | *korỳ |
| genitive | *korỳ | *korù | *kòrъ |
| dative | *korě̀ | *koràma | *koràmъ |
| accusative | *korǫ̀ | *kòrě | *korỳ |
| instrumental | *koròjǫ, *kòrǫ** | *koràma | *koràmī |
| locative | *korě̀ | *korù | *koràsъ, *koràxъ* |
| vocative | *koro | *kòrě | *korỳ |
* -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).
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*korà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 234: “f. ā (b) ‘bark’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001) “kora”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b* bark (PR 135f.)”
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