Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫgořь
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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
*ǫgořь
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *angurjas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engʷʰ-ur-yos (“snake-like, serpentine > eel”), enlargement of *h₂engʷʰ- (see *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”)).
Cognate with Old Prussian angurgis, Lithuanian ungurỹs, Finnish ankerias (borrowed from Baltic), Ancient Greek ἔγχελυς (énkhelus), Latin anguilla. Related to *ǫžь (“snake”) and *ežь (“hedgehog”, originally a “snake-eater”).
Noun
Inflection
Declension of *ǫgořь (i-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ǫgořь | *ǫgoři | *ǫgořьje, *ǫgoře* |
| genitive | *ǫgoři | *ǫgořьju, *ǫgořu* | *ǫgořьjь, *ǫgoři* |
| dative | *ǫgoři | *ǫgořьma | *ǫgořьmъ |
| accusative | *ǫgořь | *ǫgoři | *ǫgoři |
| instrumental | *ǫgořьmь | *ǫgořьma | *ǫgořьmi |
| locative | *ǫgoři | *ǫgořьju, *ǫgořu* | *ǫgořьxъ |
| vocative | *ǫgoři | *ǫgoři | *ǫgořьje, *ǫgoře* |
* 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).
Descendants
References
- ^ Zhuravlyov, A. F., Varbot, Zh. Zh., editors (2016), “*ǫgorь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 40 (*ǫborъkъ – *pakъla), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 33
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ǫgorь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 386: “m. jo ‘eel’”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “ogọ́r”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1973) “угорь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 4 (Т – Ящур), Moscow: Progress, page 146