Reconstruction:Thracian/kersas

This Thracian 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.

Thracian

Etymology

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Related to Lithuanian kėršis, kėršas, Old Prussian kerse, kerso and Proto-Indo-European *kr̥snós: Old Church Slavonic чрьнъ (črĭnŭ), Bulgarian черен (čeren), Proto-Slavic *čьrnъ, and Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa).[1][2]

Noun

*kersas

black

Adjective

*kersas

black

Usage notes

Only attested in anthroponyms: Κέρσος m (Kérsos) (Abydos, Ptolemaic ?168±138 BC)[3][4], Κερσης m (Kersēs) (Samos), Κερζα f (Kerza) (Novo Selo, Plovdiv Province)[5] and Κερσοβλέπτης (Kersobléptēs), Κερσιβαυλος (Kersibaulos) (wiki).[1]

Derived terms

*Kersobleptes

References

Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1985) Die Sprache der Thraker [The Language of the Thracians]‎ (in German), Hieronymus Verlag, →ISBN, pages 60, 78
Vladimir I. Georgiev (1977) Траките И Техният Език [The Thracians and their Language]‎ (in Bulgarian), Изд-во на Българската академия на науките, page 84
Paul Perdrizet; Gustave Lefebvre (1919) Les graffites grecs du Memnonion d'Abydos, Nancy-Paris-Strasbourg: Chez Berger-Levrault, page 77, ?54
“Graffites d'Abydos 421”, in Searchable Greek Inscriptions (in English), https://epigraphy.packhum.org, 2007—2020
“IGGulg III, 1 1408”, in Searchable Greek Inscriptions (in English), https://epigraphy.packhum.org, 2007—2020

[Duridanov1985-1] Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1985) Die Sprache der Thraker [The Language of the Thracians]‎ (in German), Hieronymus Verlag, →ISBN, pages 60, 78

[2] Vladimir I. Georgiev (1977) Траките И Техният Език [The Thracians and their Language]‎ (in Bulgarian), Изд-во на Българската академия на науките, page 84

[3] Paul Perdrizet; Gustave Lefebvre (1919) Les graffites grecs du Memnonion d'Abydos, Nancy-Paris-Strasbourg: Chez Berger-Levrault, page 77, ?54

[4] “Graffites d'Abydos 421”, in Searchable Greek Inscriptions (in English), https://epigraphy.packhum.org, 2007—2020

[5] “IGGulg III, 1 1408”, in Searchable Greek Inscriptions (in English), https://epigraphy.packhum.org, 2007—2020