Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dori
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Limited to South Slavic, of uncertain origin:
- Traditionally viewed (by Mladenov, Miklošič) as a dialectal alteration of Proto-Slavic *da že (“even though”), via rhotacism of *-ž- > -r- (as in Slovene kȁr (“which, so”) < *ka že, tọ́re (“therefore”) < *to že, Serbo-Croatian jȅr (“because of”) < *je že). Doubted by Georgiev (BER).
- In view of the wider spread of the adverb in Bulgarian and Macedonian, where the referred rhotacism is not typical, perhaps inherited. Maybe a r-extension of Proto-Balto-Slavic *da (“positional/locative particle”), akin to Lithuanian dár (“yet, still”), or a fossilized instrumental case of unattested Proto-Slavic *dorь from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to perform, to undertake, to support”).
Adverb
[edit]*dori
Related terms
[edit]- *dorъde (“until, while”) (adverb)
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дори”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 413
- “dar”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė, 2007–2012
- Snoj, Marko (2016) “-r”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si