Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krǫgъ
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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
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *krongʰ-o-, an extension of the root *(s)ker- (“to turn”) (Derksen) or *kreng- (ЭССЯ). Equivalent to *krъnъ (“tiny, chopped”) + *-gъ.
Indo-European cognates include Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“ring, circle; curve”), Umbrian krenkatrum, cringatro.
Noun
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *krǫ̑gъ | *krǫ̑ga | *krǫ̑dzi |
| genitive | *krǫ̑ga | *krǫgù | *krǫ̃gъ |
| dative | *krǫ̑gu | *krǫgomà | *krǫgòmъ |
| accusative | *krǫ̑gъ | *krǫ̑ga | *krǫ̑gy |
| instrumental | *krǫ̑gъmь, *krǫ̑gomь* | *krǫgomà | *krǫgý |
| locative | *krǫ̑dzě | *krǫgù | *krǫdzě̃xъ |
| vocative | *krǫže | *krǫ̑ga | *krǫ̑dzi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic: кругъ (krugŭ)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “круг”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “круг”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 446
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*krǫgъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 25
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*krǫ̑gъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 251: “m. o (c) ‘circle’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “krǫgъ krǫga”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “d (OSA 141f.; PR 137; RPT 102)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “krọ̑g”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*krǫ̑gъ”