Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dorъ

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

Action/result noun of Proto-Slavic *dьrati (“to tear, to flay”), reflecting Proto-Indo-European *dorH-ós from *der- (“to tear”). Cognate with Latvian nuõdaras pl (“plant bark”) (specifically: leftovers from plant flaying) and further Sanskrit दर (daráḥ, “cave, trench”), Ancient Greek δορός (dorós, “leather bag, sack”).

Noun

*dorъ m

1. tearing, cleansing
2. cleansed land

   Synonym: *cěsta

Declension

Declension of *dorъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dorъ	*dora	*dori
genitive	*dora	*doru	*dorъ
dative	*doru	*doroma	*doromъ
accusative	*dorъ	*dora	*dory
instrumental	*dorъmь, *doromь*	*doroma	*dory
locative	*dorě	*doru	*dorěxъ
vocative	*dore	*dora	*dori

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

Derived terms

• *vъzdorъ (“snap, nonsense”)
• *orzdorъ (“discord, dispute, scandal”)
• *perdorъ (“tunnel, crevice”)
• *udorъ, *udorina (“ruins”)

Related terms

• *dьrati (“to tear”)
• *dьrtъ (“torn, ratty, old”)
• *dьrnъ (“clump, piece”)
• *dorka/*dьraka (“thorn”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: доръ (dorŭ)
    • Belarusian: дор (dor, “plank”)
    • Russian: дор (dor) (dated)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian: (toponym)

    Cyrillic script: Дор

    Latin script: Dor

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дор”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dorъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 79
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “раздор”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 152