Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krovъ

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *krawas; equivalent to *kryti (“to cover, hide”) +‎ *-ъ.

Cognate with Lithuanian krava (“heap, pile”)

Noun

*kròvъ m

1. roof

Inflection

Declension of *kròvъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kròvъ	*krovà	*krovì
genitive	*krovà	*krovù	*kròvъ
dative	*krovù	*krovòma	*krovòmъ
accusative	*kròvъ	*krovà	*krovỳ
instrumental	*krovъ̀mь, *krovòmь*	*krovòma	*kròvy
locative	*krově̀	*krovù	*kròvěxъ
vocative	*krove	*krovà	*krovì

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

See also

• *kryša
• *strěxa
• *stropъ (“roof; ceiling”)
• *kroky
• *selmę
• *stromъ

Derived terms

• *krovina
• *krovišče
• *kroviti
• *krovlja
• *krovьje
• *krovьnъ
  • *krovьnica

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: кровъ (krovŭ)
    • Belarusian: кров (krov) (obsolete)
    • Russian: кров (krov)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: кровъ (krovŭ)

  • Bulgarian: покрив (pokriv), кров (krov)
  • Macedonian: кров (krov)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: кро̏в

    Latin script: krȍv

  • Slovene: krȍv (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: krov
    • Czech: krov
  • Slovak: krov
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: krow

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кров”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

vol=1 Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “крыть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*krovъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 20
• Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “кров”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa