Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kory

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kory

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-Indo-European *k(ʷ)or(H)-en-. Cognate with Lithuanian kẽras (“tree-stump, stub, bush, shrub”) and Latvian cȩrs (“bush, knotty root of a tree”).

Noun

*kȍry m[1][2][3]

1. root

Declension

Declension of *kȍry (n-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kȍry	*kȍreni	*kȍrene
Accusative	*kȍrenь	*kȍreni	*kȍreni
Genitive	*kȍrene	*korenù	*korènъ
Locative	*kȍrene	*korenù	*korènьxъ
Dative	*kȍreni	*korenьmà	*korènьmъ
Instrumental	*kȍrenьmь	*korenьmà	*korenьmì
Vocative	*kȍry	*kȍreni	*kȍrene

Derived terms

• *koreňakъ (“native, one from the root”)
• *koręcь (“snag, trunk”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: ко́рань (kóranʹ)
  • Russian: ко́рень (kórenʹ)
  • Rusyn: корїнь (korjinʹ)
  • Ukrainian: ко́рінь (kórinʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: корень (korenĭ)
    • Bulgarian: ко́рен (kóren)
  • Macedonian: ко́рен (kóren)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: ко̏ре̄н, ко̏рије̄н

    Latin: kȍrēn, kȍrijēn

  • Slovene: korẹ̑n (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: kořen
    • Czech: kořen
  • Kashubian: kòrzéń
  • Polish: korzeń
  • Slovak: koreň
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: kórjeń
    • Upper Sorbian: korjeń

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ко́рень”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*korenь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 62
• Verweij, Arno (1994), “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎, volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., pages 493–564

References

1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kory”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 237: “m. n ‘root’”
2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “korenь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 156; PR 138; MP 20)”
3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “korẹ̑n”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*korę̑, tož. *kȍrenь”