Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kora

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 *karā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kor-eh₂, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Doublet of *skorà. Cognate with Latin corium, Sanskrit चर्मन् (cárman).

Noun

*korà f

1. bark

Declension

Declension of *korà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*korà	*kòrě	*korỳ
genitive	*korỳ	*korù	*kòrъ
dative	*korě̀	*koràma	*koràmъ
accusative	*korǫ̀	*kòrě	*korỳ
instrumental	*koròjǫ, *kòrǫ**	*koràma	*koràmī
locative	*korě̀	*korù	*koràsъ, *koràxъ*
vocative	*koro	*kòrě	*korỳ

^* -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).

Related terms

• *koryto (“trough”)
• *skora (“bast, skin”)
• *korica (“bark”)
• *krъtъ (“mole”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: кора (kora)
    • Belarusian: кара́ (kará)
    • Russian: кора́ (korá)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: кора (kora)
    • Ukrainian: кора́ (korá)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: кора́ (korá)
  • Macedonian: ко́ра (kóra)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ко̏ра

    Latin script: kȍra

  • Slovene: kóra (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: kóra
    • Czech: kůra
  • Kashubian: kóra
  • Polish: kora
  • Slovak: kôra

• → Yiddish: קאָרע (kore)