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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъrsъ

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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

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥ḱós (thin, emaciated). Cognates include Lithuanian kárńti (to age), Sanskrit कृश (kṛśa, thin, lean), Latin cracens (slender).

Adjective

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*kъrsъ[1]

  1. shrunken, thin

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: корсокъ (korsokŭ)
  • West Slavic:


References

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  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъrsъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 240