Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gora
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *garā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-.
Noun edit
- mountain
- hill
- any mountainous elevation (covered in forests)
Declension edit
Declension of *gorà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *gorà | *gȍrě | *gȍry |
| genitive | *gorý | *gorù | *gòrъ |
| dative | *gorě̀ | *goràma | *goràmъ |
| accusative | *gȍrǫ | *gȍrě | *gȍry |
| instrumental | *gorojǫ́ | *goràma | *goràmi |
| locative | *gȍrě | *gorù | *goràsъ, *goràxъ* |
| vocative | *goro | *gȍrě | *gȍry |
* -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.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Bulgarian: гора́ (gorá)
- → Megleno-Romanian: goră
- Macedonian: гора (gora)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: góra (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading edit
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “гора́”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 203
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gora”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 29
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “гора́”, in , Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gorà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 177: “f. ā (c) ‘mountain’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “gora gory”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b/c (SA 69f., 157); b* (PR 135, 138)”