Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krukъ

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 of onomatopoeic origin.

Noun

*krukъ m

1. raven

Inflection

Declension of *krukъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*krukъ	*kruka	*kruci
genitive	*kruka	*kruku	*krukъ
dative	*kruku	*krukoma	*krukomъ
accusative	*krukъ	*kruka	*kruky
instrumental	*krukъmь, *krukomь*	*krukoma	*kruky
locative	*krucě	*kruku	*krucěxъ
vocative	*kruče	*kruka	*kruci

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

Descendants

• Church Slavonic: крукъ (krukŭ)

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: крук (kruk)
  • Russian: крук (kruk) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: крук (kruk) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: krëk
  • Polish: kruk
  • Slovincian: krëk

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*krukъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 252
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “крук”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress