Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъrčьma

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

Probably from *kъrčiti +‎ *-ьma, from *kъrčь / *kъrča.

Noun

*kъrčьma f

1. rural tavern, inn, pub

Declension

Declension of *kъrčьma (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kъrčьma	*kъrčьmě	*kъrčьmy
genitive	*kъrčьmy	*kъrčьmu	*kъrčьmъ
dative	*kъrčьmě	*kъrčьmama	*kъrčьmamъ
accusative	*kъrčьmǫ	*kъrčьmě	*kъrčьmy
instrumental	*kъrčьmojǫ, *kъrčьmǫ**	*kъrčьmama	*kъrčьmami
locative	*kъrčьmě	*kъrčьmu	*kъrčьmasъ, *kъrčьmaxъ*
vocative	*kъrčьmo	*kъrčьmě	*kъrčьmy

^* -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).

Descendants

• Church Slavonic: кърчьма (kŭrčĭma), кръчьма (krŭčĭma), корчма (korčma), Корчома (Korčoma) (Russian)

• East Slavic: кърчьма (kŭrčĭma), кръчьма (krŭčĭma), корчма (korčma), Корчома (Korčoma)
  • Belarusian: карчма́ (karčmá)
  • Russian: корчма́ (korčmá) (obsolete)
  • Ukrainian: ко́рчма́ (kórčmá)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: кръчьма (krŭčĭma)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: кръ́чма (krǎ́čma)
  • Macedonian: крчма (krčma)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: кр̏чма

    Latin script: kȑčma

  • Slovene: kr̄čma (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: krčma
    • Czech: krčma
  • Kashubian: karczma
  • Old Polish: karczma, kaczma
    • Polish: karczma, dial. karč́ma, karcma, kačma
  • Slovak: krčma
  • Slovincian: kȧrčmă, karčma
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: korčma
    • Lower Sorbian: kjarcma
      • : kercma

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Middle High German: kretscheme
    • German: Kretscham
  • → Hungarian: kocsma, korcsma
  • → Romani: katšima
    • → German: Kaschemme
  • → Romanian: cârciumă
  • → Estonian: kõrts

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “корчма”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъrčьma”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 211