Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/turъ

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

†Bos primigenius

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *taurás, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros.

Cognate with Lithuanian taũras (“aurochs”), Latvian tàurs (“aurochs”), Latvian tàuriņš (“aurochs → butterfly”); Old Prussian tauris (“wisent”).

Noun

*tȗrъ m

1. aurochs

Declension

Declension of *tȗrъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tȗrъ	*tȗra	*tȗri
genitive	*tȗra	*turù	*tũrъ
dative	*tȗru	*turomà	*turòmъ
accusative	*tȗrъ	*tȗra	*tȗry
instrumental	*tȗrъmь, *tȗromь*	*turomà	*turý
locative	*tȗrě	*turù	*turě̃xъ
vocative	*ture	*tȗra	*tȗri

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: туръ (turŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: туръ (tur)
      • Belarusian: тур (tur)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: тур (tur)
      • Ukrainian: тур (tur)
    • Russian: тур (tur)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: тоуръ (turŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱅⱆⱃⱏ (turŭ)

  • Bulgarian: тур (tur)
  • Macedonian: тур (tur)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ту̑р

    Latin script: tȗr

  • Slovene: túr
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: tur
    • Czech: tur
  • Kashubian: tur (only as part of set expressions)
  • Polabian: täur
  • Old Polish: tur
    • Polish: tur
  • Slovak: tur
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: tur
    • Upper Sorbian: tur

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тур”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress