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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kora
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *karā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kor-eh₂, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Latin corium, Sanskrit चर्मन् (cárman).
Noun
*korà f[1][2]
- bark
Declension
Declension of *korà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *korà | *kòrě | *korỳ |
| Accusative | *korǫ̀ | *kòrě | *korỳ |
| Genitive | *korỳ | *korù | *kòrъ |
| Locative | *korě̀ | *korù | *koràsъ, *koràxъ* |
| Dative | *korě̀ | *koràma | *koràmъ |
| Instrumental | *koròjǫ, *kòrǫ** | *koràma | *koràmī |
| 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).
** 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)
- Rusyn: кора (kora)
- Ukrainian: кора́ (korá)
- Old East Slavic: кора (kora)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: кора́ (korá)
- Macedonian: ко́ра (kóra)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ко̏ра
- Latin: kȍra
- Slovene: kóra (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: kóra
- Czech: kůra
- Kashubian: kóra
- Polish: kora
- Slovak: kôra
- Old Czech: kóra
- → Yiddish: קאָרע (kore)
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*korà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 234: “f. ā (b) ‘bark’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “kora”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b* bark (PR 135f.)”