Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vorna
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wárˀnāˀ.
Noun
[edit]Inflection
[edit]Declension of *vòrna (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vòrna | *vòrně | *vòrny |
| genitive | *vòrny | *vòrnu | *vòrnъ |
| dative | *vòrně | *vòrnama | *vòrnamъ |
| accusative | *vòrnǫ | *vòrně | *vòrny |
| instrumental | *vòrnojǫ, *vòrnǭ** | *vòrnama | *vòrnamī |
| locative | *vòrně | *vòrnu | *vòrnasъ, *vòrnaxъ* |
| vocative | *vòrno | *vòrně | *vòrny |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “воро́на”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vòrna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 528: “f. ā (a) ‘crow’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “vorna vorny”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 22, 166, 212; PR 132; MP 19; RPT 107, 109)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “vrȃn”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*vőrna”
- ^ Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch[2], University of Vienna, page 5: “*vőrna”