Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kryša

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

Alternative forms

• *kryšь

Etymology

From *kryti (“to cover, hide”) +‎ *-ša or from s-extension *krys- +‎ *-ja

Compare Old Norse hrøysar, Danish røs, røse (“pile (of stones)”), Low German rûse (“pile”).

Noun

*kryša f

1. roof
2. shelter

Inflection

Declension of *kryša (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kryša	*kryši	*kryšę̇
genitive	*kryšę̇	*kryšu	*kryšь
dative	*kryši	*kryšama	*kryšamъ
accusative	*kryšǫ	*kryši	*kryšę̇
instrumental	*kryšejǫ, *kryšǫ**	*kryšama	*kryšami
locative	*kryši	*kryšu	*kryšasъ, *kryšaxъ*
vocative	*kryše	*kryši	*kryšę̇

^* -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).

Derived terms

• *kryšьnъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: крꙑшка (kryška)
    • Belarusian: кры́ша (krýša)
    • Russian: кры́ша (krýša), крышь (kryšʹ)
    • Ukrainian: кри́ша (krýša)

• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Macedonian: кришум (krišum)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: криш, кришом

    Latin: kriš

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: skrýše, skrýš

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “крыша”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kryša / *kryšь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 70