Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kry

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *krū́ˀs, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“blood of a wound”).

Noun

*kry̑ f

1. blood

Declension

Declension of *kry̑ (hard v-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kry̑	*krъ̏vi	*krъ̏vi
genitive	*krъ̏ve	*krъvù	*krъ̀vъ
dative	*krъ̏vi	*krъvьmà, *krъvàma*	*krъ̏vьmъ, *krъ̏vamъ*
accusative	*krъ̏vь	*krъ̏vi	*krъ̏vi
instrumental	*krъvьjǫ́	*krъvьmà, *krъvàma*	*krъvьmì, *krъvamì*
locative	*krъ̏ve	*krъvù	*krъ̏vьxъ, *krъ̏vaxъ*
vocative	*kry̑	*krъ̏vi	*krъ̏vi

^* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: кроў (kroŭ)
  • Russian: кровь (krovʹ)
  • Ukrainian: кров (krov)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: крꙑ (kry)

    Glagolitic: ⰽⱃⱏⰺ (kry)

  • Bulgarian: кръв (krǎv)
  • Macedonian: крв (krv)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: кр̑в

    Latin script: kȓv

    • Slavomolisano: krv
  • Slovene: krȋ (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: krev
  • Kashubian: krew
  • Old Polish: kry
    • Polish: krew
  • Polabian: krâi
  • Slovak: krv
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: kšej
    • Upper Sorbian: krej