Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skornь

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

Potential cognates include Icelandic hvarmur and Latin parma.

Noun

*skornь f

1. (anatomy) temple

Inflection

Declension of *skornь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*skornь	*skorni	*skorni
genitive	*skorni	*skornьju, *skorňu*	*skornьjь, *skorni*
dative	*skorni	*skornьma	*skornьmъ
accusative	*skornь	*skorni	*skorni
instrumental	*skornьjǫ, *skorňǫ*	*skornьma	*skornьmi
locative	*skorni	*skornьju, *skorňu*	*skornьxъ
vocative	*skorni	*skorni	*skorni

^* 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

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: скороня (skoronja), скоронь (skoronĭ)
    • Russian: скоро́нь (skorónʹ); скорынья́ (skorynʹjá) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Russian Church Slavonic: скраниꙗ (skranija)
    • Serbian Church Slavonic: скраниꙗ (skranija)
  • Slovene: skrȃnj, skránjа, skrȃnje (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: skráně
    • Czech: skráň (literary)
      • → Old Ruthenian: скрань (skranʹ) (dialectal)
  • Kashubian: skarniô
  • Old Polish: skronia
    • Polish: skroń
      • → Old Ruthenian: скронь (skronʹ)
        • Belarusian: скронь (skronʹ)
        • Ukrainian: скро́ня (skrónja)
  • Slovak: skráň, škraňa
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: škŕona, škŕono
    • Upper Sorbian: (obsolete) skróń

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “скоронь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress