Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moře
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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-Balto-Slavic *mári (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri n (“sea”).
Modern Bulgarian and Macedonian technically reflect *morę, probably a later reanalyzed byform.
Noun
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mořè | *mòři | *mòřa |
| genitive | *mořà | *mořu | *mòřь |
| dative | *mořù | *mořema | *mòřemъ |
| accusative | *mořè | *mòři | *mòřa |
| instrumental | *mořь̀mь, *mořèmь* | *mořema | *mòři |
| locative | *mořì | *mořu | *mòřixъ |
| vocative | *mořè | *mòři | *mòřa |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mȍře | *mȍři | *mořà |
| genitive | *mȍřa | *mořù | *mòřь |
| dative | *mȍřu | *mořemà | *mořémъ |
| accusative | *mȍře | *mȍři | *mořà |
| instrumental | *mȍřьmь, *mȍřemь* | *mořemà | *moří |
| locative | *mȍři | *mořù | *moříxъ |
| vocative | *mȍře | *mȍři | *mořà |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *mořakъ, *mořaninъ (“sailor, mariner, seaman”)
- *morьskъ, *mořevъ (“marine”)
- *moruna (“European sturgeon”)
- *pomorьje (“seaboard, coast”)
- *pomorьjaninъ (“coast dweller”)
Related terms
- *morǫgъ, *morěnъ (“dim, dark”) (of animals/plants and in toponyms)
- *morkъ (“darkness”)
- *morky (“swamp, marsh”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mȍŗe”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 325
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “morje morja”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 117; SA 71, 152; PR 138; MP 20, 25); d (RPT 111)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “mȏrje”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *mȍŕe”
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “море”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*morje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 227
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “море¹”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 240