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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grьkъ

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

*grьkъ m[1]

  1. Greek

Inflection
Declension of *grьkъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
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

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: грькъ (grĭkŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Glagolitic script: ⰳⱃⱐⰽⱏ (grĭkŭ)
      Old Cyrillic script: грькъ (grĭkŭ)
      • Middle Bulgarian: гръкъ (grŭkŭ)
      • Macedonian: Грк (Grk)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: Гр̏к
      Latin script: Gȑk
    • Slovene: Gȓk (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: Hřěk, Řěk
      • Czech: Řek
      • → Lower Sorbian: Hrjek
    • Polish: Grek
    • Old Slovak: Grék
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: Grek
      • Upper Sorbian: Grjek

References
  • 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
  1. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (2001), “grьkъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 8 (goda – gyža), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 264
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gërk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 114-5
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