Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)rěxъ

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 *aráiˀsas.

Noun

*o(b)rěxъ m

1. nut
2. walnut

Declension

Declension of *ȍ(b)rěxъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ȍ(b)rěxъ	*ȍ(b)rěxa	*ȍ(b)rěśi
genitive	*ȍ(b)rěxa	*o(b)rěxù	*o(b)rě̃xъ
dative	*ȍ(b)rěxu	*o(b)rěxomà	*o(b)rěxòmъ
accusative	*ȍ(b)rěxъ	*ȍ(b)rěxa	*ȍ(b)rěxy
instrumental	*ȍ(b)rěxъmь, *ȍ(b)rěxomь*	*o(b)rěxomà	*o(b)rěxý
locative	*ȍ(b)rěśě	*o(b)rěxù	*o(b)rěśě̃xъ
vocative	*o(b)rěše	*ȍ(b)rěxa	*ȍ(b)rěśi

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: орѣхъ (orěxŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: орѣ́хъ (orě́x), горѣ́хъ (horě́x), орі́хъ (oríx)
      • Belarusian: арэ́х (aréx), гарэ́х (haréx)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: орі́х (oríx)
      • Ukrainian: горі́х (horíx); орі́х (oríx), ворі́х (voríx), йорі́х (joríx), оре́х (oréx) (dialectal)
    • Russian: оре́х (oréx)
      • → Kildin Sami: орех (orjex)
      • → Skolt Sami: ååʹreh
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: орѣхъ (orěxŭ)
  • Bulgarian: о́рех (óreh)
  • Macedonian: орев (orev, “walnut”)
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̀рах, òrah
  • Slovene: óreh
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: ořěch
    • Czech: ořech
  • Kashubian: òrzech
  • Polabian: vrex
  • Polish: orzech
  • Silesian: ôrzech
  • Old Slovak: orech
    • Pannonian Rusyn: орех (orex)
    • Slovak: orech
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: wórjech
    • Upper Sorbian: worjech

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2002), “*obrěxъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 29 (*obpovědati – *obsojьnica), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 71
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “орех”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*orěxъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 374