ковёр
Russian
Etymology
Jooseppi Julius Mikkola, quoted by Vasmer and Karl Brugmann[1], asserts that it is from Old Norse kǫgurr[2]. A Turkic origin has also been theorised. Compare Slovak and Czech koberec, polish kobierzec, archaic Bulgarian губер (guber).
Pronunciation
Noun
ковёр • (kovjór) m inan (genitive ковра́, nominative plural ковры́, genitive plural ковро́в)
Declension
Related terms
- ковёр-самолёт (kovjór-samoljót)
- ковро́вый (kovróvyj), ковёрный (kovjórnyj)
- ковролин (kovrolin)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ковер”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- ^ Mémoires de la société néo-philologique à Helsingfors I., S. 8, cited in Indogermanische Forschungen, Karl Brugmann: „Unter dem Titel Etymologisches weist Mikkola einige neue germanische Wörter im Finnischen nach und deutet slav. kovъrъ (Teppich) aus anord. kögurr.“
- ^ Jahresbericht über die Erscheinungen auf dem Gebiete der germanischen Philologie, B. 7, S. 23: „slav. kovъrъ Teppich; an kögurr id“
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