Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kora

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 *karā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kor-eh₂, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Doublet of *skorà. Cognate with Latin corium, Sanskrit चर्मन् (cárman).

Noun

*korà f

bark

Declension

Declension of *korà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*korà	*kòrě	*korỳ
genitive	*korỳ	*korù	*kòrъ
dative	*korě̀	*koràma	*koràmъ
accusative	*korǫ̀	*kòrě	*korỳ
instrumental	koròjǫ, kòrǫ^**	*koràma	*koràmī
locative	*korě̀	*korù	koràsъ, koràxъ^*
vocative	*koro	*kòrě	*korỳ

^* -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).

Related terms

*koryto (“trough”)
*skora (“bast, skin”)
*korica (“bark”)
*krъtъ (“mole”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: кора (kora)
  - Belarusian: кара́ (kará)
  - Russian: кора́ (korá)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: кора (kora)
  - Ukrainian: кора́ (korá)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: кора́ (korá)
- Macedonian: ко́ра (kóra)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ко̏ра
  
  Latin script: kȍra
- Slovene: kóra (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: kóra
  - Czech: kůra
- Kashubian: kóra
- Polish: kora
- Slovak: kôra
- Lower Sorbian: škóra
- Upper Sorbian: skora

→ Yiddish: קאָרע (kore)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*korà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 234: “f. ā (b) ‘bark’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kora”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b* bark (PR 135f.)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*korà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 234: “f. ā (b) ‘bark’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “kora”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b* bark (PR 135f.)”