Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъrzьno

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

Alternative forms

*kъrzьna

Etymology

An eastern borrowing. Compare Ossetian кӕрц (kærc, “fur coat”); to this is also compared dialectal Georgian (kerčo, “treated sheep's skin”). According to Etymologiebank, from "a Siberian language;" according to Kluge, "from some northern language."

Pokorny prefers derivation as a guttural extension from Proto-Indo-European *krok-no-, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

Noun

*kъrzьno n

fur coat

Declension

Declension of *kъrzьno (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kъrzьno	*kъrzьně	*kъrzьna
genitive	*kъrzьna	*kъrzьnu	*kъrzьnъ
dative	*kъrzьnu	*kъrzьnoma	*kъrzьnomъ
accusative	*kъrzьno	*kъrzьně	*kъrzьna
instrumental	kъrzьnъmь, kъrzьnomь^*	*kъrzьnoma	*kъrzьny
locative	*kъrzьně	*kъrzьnu	*kъrzьněxъ
vocative	*kъrzьno	*kъrzьně	*kъrzьna

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: кързно (kŭrzno)
  - Russian: ко́рзно (kórzno) (archaic)
  - Ukrainian: ко́рзно (kórzno)
- Old Novgorodian: къръзьно (kŭrŭzĭno)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: кръзна (krŭzna)
- Bulgarian: кръ́зна (krǎ́zna) (dialectal, obsolete)
- Macedonian: крзно (krzno)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  - Cyrillic script: кр́зно
  - Latin script: kŕzno
- Slovene: kŕzno
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: krzno
  - Czech: krzno
- Slovak: krzno, grzno

Non-Slavic:
Germanic:
- → Old English: crūsene
- → Old Frisian: kersna
- → Middle Dutch: corsene, → Middle Dutch: cuerse
  - Zealandic: keus
  - Dutch: keurslijf
- → Old High German: chursina, chursinna, kursenna
  - Middle High German: chursene, kursen, kürsen
    - German: Kürsen, Kürschen (obsolete)
    - ⇒ Old High German: kursināri
      - Middle High German: kürsner
        German: Kürschner
        
        → Old Polish: kurśnierz, kurśnirz
        Polish: kuśnierz
        
        → Ukrainian: кушнір (kušnir)

References

Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “Proto-Slavic/kъrzьno”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 277
Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кръ̀зна”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 42

^ Historical, Indo-European, and Lexicographical Studies: A Festschrift for Ladislav Zgusta on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday. (2011). Germany: De Gruyter., p. 213
^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “keurs”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Kürschner”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “938-47”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 938-47

[1] Historical, Indo-European, and Lexicographical Studies: A Festschrift for Ladislav Zgusta on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday. (2011). Germany: De Gruyter., p. 213

[2] van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “keurs”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

[3] Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Kürschner”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

[4] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “938-47”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 938-47