Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vorna

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

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wer-der.
Proto-Indo-European *wor-néh₂
Proto-Balto-Slavic *wárˀnāˀ
Proto-Slavic *vorna

    From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wárˀnāˀ.

    Noun

    *vòrna f[1][2][3][4]

    1. crow

    Inflection

    Declension of *vòrna (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *vòrna *vòrně *vòrny
    genitive *vòrny *vòrnu *vòrnъ
    dative *vòrně *vòrnama *vòrnamъ
    accusative *vòrnǫ *vòrně *vòrny
    instrumental *vòrnojǫ, *vòrnǭ** *vòrnama *vòrnamī
    locative *vòrně *vòrnu *vòrnasъ, *vòrnaxъ*
    vocative *vòrno *vòrně *vòrny

    * -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).

    Descendants

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “воро́на”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vòrna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 528: “f. ā (a) ‘crow’”
    2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “vorna vorny”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 22, 166, 212; PR 132; MP 19; RPT 107, 109)”
    3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “vrȃn”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*vőrna”
    4. ^ Kapović, Mate (2007), “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎[2], University of Vienna, page 5: “*vőrna”
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