Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/korda
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *kord-eh₂. Indo-European cognates include Proto-Germanic *hrōtą.
Noun
[edit]*korda f[1]
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *korda (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *korda | *kordě | *kordy |
| genitive | *kordy | *kordu | *kordъ |
| dative | *kordě | *kordama | *kordamъ |
| accusative | *kordǫ | *kordě | *kordy |
| instrumental | *kordojǫ, *kordǫ** | *kordama | *kordami |
| locative | *kordě | *kordu | *kordasъ, *kordaxъ* |
| vocative | *kordo | *kordě | *kordy |
* -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).
** 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).
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: корода (koroda, “pile of logs, wood-stack”)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*korda”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 234: “f. ā ‘pile of logs’”