From Proto-Balto-Slavic *skord-, from Proto-Indo-European *skordʰ-eh₂. Cognate with Latvian skā̀rdît (“to pound, crush”), Lithuanian skardýti (“to dig up, crush”), Old Prussian scurdis (“dibstone, mattock”).
*skorda f
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *skorda | *skordě | *skordy |
genitive | *skordy | *skordu | *skordъ |
dative | *skordě | *skordama | *skordamъ |
accusative | *skordǫ | *skordě | *skordy |
instrumental | *skordojǫ, *skordǫ** | *skordama | *skordami |
locative | *skordě | *skordu | *skordasъ, *skordaxъ* |
vocative | *skordo | *skordě | *skordy |
* -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).