Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nora
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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
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *norʔ-. Cognate with Lithuanian naras, nara (“hole, lair”).
Noun edit
*norà f[1]
Inflection edit
Declension of *norà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *norà | *nȍrě | *nȍry |
| genitive | *norý | *norù | *nòrъ |
| dative | *norě̀ | *noràma | *noràmъ |
| accusative | *nȍrǫ | *nȍrě | *nȍry |
| instrumental | *norojǫ́ | *noràma | *noràmi |
| locative | *nȍrě | *norù | *noràsъ, *noràxъ* |
| vocative | *noro | *nȍrě | *nȍry |
* -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.
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Church Slavonic: нора (nora)
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Slovene: nora
- West Slavic:
Further reading edit
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nora”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 184
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “нора”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*norà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 355: “f. ā (c) ‘den, lair’”