Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krajь

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

• ESSJa: from *krojiti (“to cut”), with lengthening of the root vowel (Proto-Balto-Slavic *krāˀjаs and *krajīˀtei, respectively). Compare *tvarь f : *tvoriti, *gajь m : *gojiti.
• Derksen: from Proto-Indo-European *kroh₁(y)-, full-grade of the root *kreh₁(y)- (“to sieve, separate”), *krey- (“sieve”).

Noun

*kràjь m

1. edge, end

Declension

Declension of *kràjь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kràjь	*kràja	*kràji
genitive	*kràja	*kràju	*kràjь
dative	*kràju	*kràjema	*kràjēmъ
accusative	*kràjь	*kràja	*kràję̇
instrumental	*kràjьmь, *kràjemь*	*kràjema	*kràjī
locative	*kràji	*kràju	*kràjīxъ
vocative	*kràju	*kràja	*kràji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *krajanъ
• *krajikъ
• *krajina
• *krajišče
• *krajьcь
• *krajьkъ
• *krajьna
• *krajьnъ
• *ukràjь
  • *ukràjina

Related terms

• *krida (“sieve”)
• *krajati, *krojiti (“to cut”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: краи (krai)
    • Belarusian: край (kraj)
    • Russian: край (kraj)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: край (kraj)
    • Ukrainian: край (kraj)
    • → Finnic:
      • Estonian: raja
      • Finnish: raja
      • Ingrian: raja
      • Karelian: raja
      • Ludian: raja
      • Votic: raja
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: краи (krai)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: край (kraj)
  • Macedonian: крај (kraj)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: кра̑ј

    Latin script: krȃj

  • Slovene: krȁj (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: kraj
    • Czech: kraj
  • Old Polish: kraj
    • Masurian: kráj
    • Polish: kraj
    • Silesian: kraj
  • Slovak: kraj
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: krôj
    • Slovincian: krôj
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: kraj
      • → Lower Sorbian: kraj
    • Lower Sorbian: kšaj

• → Albanian: krah (possibly)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “край”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*krajь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 88
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 366f