Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grьkъ
Proto-Slavic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Balkan Vulgar Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós), of uncertain origin.
It's not entirely clear why near-open -ae- was substituted with close *ь (*ĭ). On the one hand Simeonov proposed Thracian-related influence. On the other hand Skok and Shevelyov proposed that Vulgar Latin grecíscus was borrowed into *grьčьskъ first, with back-formation of *grьci and *grьčinъ, and only then *grьkъ.
Noun edit
*grьkъ m[1]
Inflection edit
Declension of *grьkъ (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *grьkъ | *grьka | *grьci |
genitive | *grьka | *grьku | *grьkъ |
dative | *grьku | *grьkoma | *grьkomъ |
accusative | *grьkъ | *grьka | *grьky |
instrumental | *grьkъmь, *grьkomь* | *grьkoma | *grьky |
locative | *grьcě | *grьku | *grьcěxъ |
vocative | *grьče | *grьka | *grьci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “грек”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grьkъ, *grьčinъ, *grьkyni”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 163
- ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (2001), “grьkъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 8 (goda – gyža), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 264
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gërk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 114-5