Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moře

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-Balto-Slavic *mári (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri n (“sea”).

Modern Bulgarian and Macedonian technically reflect *morę, probably a later reanalyzed byform.

Noun

*mořè or *mȍře n[1][2][3]

sea
body of water

Declension

Declension of *mořè (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*mořè	*mòři	*mòřa
Accusative	*mořè	*mòři	*mòřa
Genitive	*mořà	*mořu	*mòřь
Locative	*mořì	*mořu	*mòřixъ
Dative	*mořù	*mořema	*mòřemъ
Instrumental	mořь̀mь, mořèmь^*	*mořema	*mòři
Vocative	*mořè	*mòři	*mòřa

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Declension of *mȍře (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*mȍře	*mȍři	*mořà
Accusative	*mȍře	*mȍři	*mořà
Genitive	*mȍřa	*mořù	*mòřь
Locative	*mȍři	*mořù	*moříxъ
Dative	*mȍřu	*mořemà	*mořémъ
Instrumental	mȍřьmь, mȍřemь^*	*mořemà	*moří
Vocative	*mȍře	*mȍři	*mořà

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

*mořakъ (“sailor, mariner”)
*morьskъ, *mořevъ (“marine”)
*moruna (“European sturgeon”)

Related terms

*morǫgъ, *morěnъ (“dim, dark”) (of animals/plants and in toponyms)
*morkъ (“darkness”)
- *morky (“swamp, marsh”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: море (more)
  - Old Ruthenian: мо́ре (móre), мо́рє (mórje)
    - Belarusian: мо́ра (móra)
    - Rusyn: мо́ре (móre)
    - Ukrainian: мо́ре (móre)
  - Russian: мо́ре (móre) (see there for further descendants)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: морѥ (morje), мор҄е (morʹe)
  Glagolitic: ⰿⱁⱃⰵ (more)
- Bulgarian: море (more)
- Macedonian: море (more)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: мо̑ре
  Latin: mȏre
- Slovene: mȏrje, morjẹ̑ (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: moře
  - Czech: moře
- Kashubian: mòrze, mòrzé
- Polish: morze
- Slovak: more
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: morjo
  - Lower Sorbian: mórjo

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mȍŗe”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 325
Olander, Thomas (2001), “morje morja”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 117; SA 71, 152; PR 138; MP 20, 25); d (RPT 111)”
Snoj, Marko (2016), “mȏrje”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *mȍŕe”

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “море”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*morje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 227
Georgiev V. I., Duridanov I., editor (1995), “море¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 240

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mȍŗe”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 325

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “morje morja”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 117; SA 71, 152; PR 138; MP 20, 25); d (RPT 111)”

[3] Snoj, Marko (2016), “mȏrje”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *mȍŕe”