Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grьkъ

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grьkъ

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

• *grьčinъ (+ *-inъ)

Etymology

Borrowed from Balkan Vulgar Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós), of uncertain origin.

It's not entirely clear why near-open -ae- was substituted with close *ь (*ĭ). On the one hand Simeonov proposed Thracian-related influence. On the other hand Skok and Shevelyov proposed that Vulgar Latin grecíscus was borrowed into *grьčьskъ first, with back-formation of *grьci and *grьčinъ, and only then *grьkъ.

Noun

*grьkъ m

1. Greek

Inflection

Declension of *grьkъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*grьkъ	*grьka	*grьci
Accusative	*grьkъ	*grьka	*grьky
Genitive	*grьka	*grьku	*grьkъ
Locative	*grьcě	*grьku	*grьcěxъ
Dative	*grьku	*grьkoma	*grьkomъ
Instrumental	*grьkъmь, *grьkomь*	*grьkoma	*grьky
Vocative	*grьče	*grьka	*grьci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *grьčьskъ (“Greek”, adjective)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: грекинꙗ (grekinja)
    • Belarusian: грэк m (hrek)
    • Russian: грек m (grek)
    • Old Ukrainian: гръчинъ m (hrčin)
      • Ukrainian: грек m (hrek), греки́ня f (hrekýnja)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: грькъ m (grĭkŭ), грьчинъ m (grĭčinŭ)
  • Bulgarian: грък m (grǎk)
  • Macedonian: Грк m (Grk)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Гр̏к m, Grčin m, Гр̏киња f
  • Slovene: grk
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: Hřěk m, Řěk m
    • Czech: Řek m, Řekyně f
  • Slovak: Grék m, Grékyňa f

Non-Slavic:

• → Albanian: gërk[1]

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “грек”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grьkъ, *grьčinъ, *grьkyni”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 163

1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “gërk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 114-5