Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъnorzъ

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

Probably from earlier *kъrnorzъ, from *kъrnъ (“truncated, castrated”) +‎ *orzъ (“testicle”). South Slavic form may be influenced by some folk etymology.

Noun

*kъnorzъ m^[1]^[2]

(North Slavic) barrow (castrated male pig)

Declension

Declension of *kъnorzъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kъnorzъ	*kъnorza	*kъnorzi
genitive	*kъnorza	*kъnorzu	*kъnorzъ
dative	*kъnorzu	*kъnorzoma	*kъnorzomъ
accusative	*kъnorzъ	*kъnorza	*kъnorzy
instrumental	kъnorzъmь, kъnorzomь^*	*kъnorzoma	*kъnorzy
locative	*kъnorzě	*kъnorzu	*kъnorzěxъ
vocative	*kъnorze	*kъnorza	*kъnorzi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: кънорозъ (kŭnorozŭ), кнорозъ (knorozŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: кнорозъ (knoroz), кнурозъ (knuroz), конорозъ (konoroz), кноръ (knor)
    - Belarusian: кныр (knyr), кно́раз (knóraz); кно́рас (knóras), кнур (knur), кнор (knor), керно́з (kjernóz), керно́с (kjernós), кярно́с (kjarnós) (dialectal)
    - Ukrainian: кно́рос (knóros), кнур (knur); кно́роз (knóroz), книр (knyr), кнурь (knurʹ), кнюрь (knjurʹ), ко́рноз (kórnoz), ке́рніз (kérniz), ке́рноз (kérnoz), ко́рназ (kórnaz) (dialectal)
  - Russian: кно́роз (knóroz), кно́рез (knórez), кно́рос (knóros), кно́ров (knórov), кнур (knur) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- ⇒? Bulgarian: нере́з (neréz)
- ⇒? Serbo-Croatian:
  Latin script: nȅrast
  
  Cyrillic script: не̏раст
- ⇒ Slovene: nerẹ́sec, merjásec (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: kňour
- Kashubian: knôrz
- Old Polish: kiernoz, kiernos
  - Polish: kiernoz; kiernóz, kiendroz, kiędra f, kięder, kiedra f, kierda f, kiędroz, knur, kierdos, knorz, knarz, kernos, ḱernᵘ̯os (dialectal)
    - → Russian: кирно́с (kirnós) (dialectal)
    - → Ukrainian: ке́рдаль (kérdalʹ), кє́рда (kjérda) (dialectal)
  - Silesian: kyndrōz
- Old Slovak: kuneráž
  - ⇒ Slovak: kundrák; kundys, kuneráš, kunir, kornáz, kurnaz (dialectal)
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: kjandroz, kjandros
  - Upper Sorbian: kundroz

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъrnorzъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 233
^ Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “kiernoz”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes II: K—Kot, Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego, page 155