Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/torъ

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-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, turn”). Akin to Ancient Greek τορός, τόρος (torós, tóros).

Noun

*torъ m

1. paddock, pen

   Synonym: *kotьcь

2. rut, track

   Synonym: *kolějь (*kolěja)

Inflection

Declension of *torъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*torъ	*tora	*tori
genitive	*tora	*toru	*torъ
dative	*toru	*toroma	*toromъ
accusative	*torъ	*tora	*tory
instrumental	*torъmь, *toromь*	*toroma	*tory
locative	*torě	*toru	*torěxъ
vocative	*tore	*tora	*tori

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

Derived terms

verb

• *toriti

Related terms

nouns

• *tьrka
• *tьrlo

verbs

• *těrati
• *tь̀rkati
• *tèrti

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: тор (tor) (obsolete)
    • ⇒ Russian: тори́ть (torítʹ)
  • Ukrainian: тор (tor)
• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Old Church Slavonic: исторъ (istorŭ), проторъ (protorŭ)
  • Bulgarian: тор (tor)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: то̑р

    Latin script: tȏr

  • Slovene: tòr (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: tor

Further reading

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