Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krajь
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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
- ESSJa: from *krojiti (“to cut”), with lengthening of the root vowel (Proto-Balto-Slavic *krāˀjаs and *krajīˀtei, respectively). Compare *tvarь f : *tvoriti, *gajь m : *gojiti.
- Derksen: from Proto-Indo-European *kroh₁(y)-, full-grade of the root *kreh₁(y)- (“to sieve, separate”), *krey- (“sieve”).
Noun
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kràjь | *kràja | *kràji |
| genitive | *kràja | *kràju | *kràjь |
| dative | *kràju | *kràjema | *kràjēmъ |
| accusative | *kràjь | *kràja | *kràję̇ |
| instrumental | *kràjьmь, *kràjemь* | *kràjema | *kràjī |
| locative | *kràji | *kràju | *kràjīxъ |
| vocative | *kràju | *kràja | *kràji |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- → Albanian: krah (possibly)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “край”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*krajь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 88
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 366f
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kràjь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244: “m. jo (a) ‘edge’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “krajь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 131; RPT 99, 101)”