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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moře

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mári (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri n (“sea”).

Modern Bulgarian and Macedonian technically reflect *morę, probably a later reanalyzed byform.

Noun

*mořè or *mȍře n[1][2][3]

  1. sea
  2. body of water

Declension
Declension of *mořè (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *mořè *mòři *mòřa
genitive *mořà *mořu *mòřь
dative *mořù *mořema *mòřemъ
accusative *mořè *mòři *mòřa
instrumental *mořь̀mь, *mořèmь* *mořema *mòři
locative *mořì *mořu *mòřixъ
vocative *mořè *mòři *mòřa
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Declension of *mȍře (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *mȍře *mȍři *mořà
genitive *mȍřa *mořù *mòřь
dative *mȍřu *mořemà *mořémъ
accusative *mȍře *mȍři *mořà
instrumental *mȍřьmь, *mȍřemь* *mořemà *moří
locative *mȍři *mořù *moříxъ
vocative *mȍře *mȍři *mořà
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *mořakъ (“sailor, mariner”)
  • *morьskъ, *mořevъ (“marine”)
  • *moruna (“European sturgeon”)
  • *morǫgъ, *morěnъ (“dim, dark”) (of animals/plants and in toponyms)
  • *morkъ (“darkness”)
    • *morky (“swamp, marsh”)

Descendants

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mȍŗe”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 325
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “morje morja”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 117; SA 71, 152; PR 138; MP 20, 25); d (RPT 111)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016) “mȏrje”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *mȍŕe”

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “море”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*morje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 227
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “море¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 240
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