Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krajь

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

ESSJa: from *krojiti (“to cut”), with lengthening of the root vowel (Proto-Balto-Slavic *krāˀjаs and *krajīˀtei, respectively). Compare *tvarь f : *tvoriti, *gajь m : *gojiti.
Derksen: from Proto-Indo-European *kroh₁(y)-, full-grade of the root *kreh₁(y)- (“to sieve, separate”), *krey- (“sieve”).

Noun

*kràjь m^[1]^[2]

edge, end

Declension

Declension of *kràjь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kràjь	*kràja	*kràji
genitive	*kràja	*kràju	*kràjь
dative	*kràju	*kràjema	*kràjēmъ
accusative	*kràjь	*kràja	*kràję̇
instrumental	kràjьmь, kràjemь^*	*kràjema	*kràjī
locative	*kràji	*kràju	*kràjīxъ
vocative	*kràju	*kràja	*kràji

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

Derived terms

Related terms

*krida (“sieve”)
*krajati, *krojiti (“to cut”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: краи (krai)
  - Belarusian: край (kraj)
  - Russian: край (kraj)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: край (kraj)
  - Ukrainian: край (kraj)
  - → Finnic:
    - Estonian: raja
    - Finnish: raja
    - Ingrian: raja
    - Karelian: raja
    - Ludian: raja
    - Votic: raja
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: краи (krai)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: край (kraj)
- Macedonian: крај (kraj)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: кра̑ј
  
  Latin script: krȃj
- Slovene: krȁj (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: kraj
  - Czech: kraj
- Old Polish: kraj
  - Polish: kraj
  - Silesian: kraj
- Slovak: kraj
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: krôj
  - Slovincian: krôj
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: kraj
    - → Lower Sorbian: kraj
  - Lower Sorbian: kšaj

→ Albanian: krah (possibly)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kràjь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244: “m. jo (a) ‘edge’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “krajь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 131; RPT 99, 101)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kràjь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244: “m. jo (a) ‘edge’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “krajь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 131; RPT 99, 101)”

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