Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/korva

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kárˀwāˀ, irregular centum reflex of Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-weh₂, from *ḱerh₂- (head, top; horn).

Matasović (2008) argues that it was borrowed from Celtic in prehistorical times due to the impossibility of deriving it by regular sound laws:

  • PIE *ḱerh₂weh₂ > Proto-Celtic *kerawā > *karawā (Joseph's rule) > Early Proto-Slavic *karwā > Common Slavic *kőrva.

Alternatively, Matasović's Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (2009) lists the Old Church Slavonic form krava “cow” as being related to the Proto-Celtic *karwo- (deer), ultimately coming from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (the first element of *ḱerh₂weh₂).

Baltic cognates (either similarly irregularly inherited via Balto-Slavic, or borrowed from Celtic or Slavic) include Lithuanian kárvė (cow) and Old Prussian curwis (ox). For further Indo-European cognates see *ḱerh₂-.

Noun

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*kòrva f[1][2][3]

  1. cow

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “корова”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Ranko Matasović (2008), Poredbenopovijesna gramatika hrvatskog jezika, Matica hrvatska: Zagreb, page 53f
  • Ranko Matasović, (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic, Brill: Leiden-Boston, page 192.
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*korva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 106

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kòrva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 236:f. ā (a) ‘cow’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “korva korvy”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a ko (NA 75; SA 166, 177; PR 132; MP 21; RPT 109)
  3. ^ Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch[2], University of Vienna, page 5:*kőrva