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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/oskъrdъ

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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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From *ob- +‎ *skъrdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *skurd-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to cut off).[1]

Cognate with Old Prussian scurdis (dibstone, mattock).

Noun

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*oskъrdъ m[2]

  1. pointed hammer, pickaxe

Declension

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2002), “*obskъrda/*obskъrdъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 29 (*obpovědati – *obsojьnica), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 199

References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “938-47”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 938-47
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*oskъrdъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 378:m. o ‘pointed hammer, pickaxe’