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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skovorda

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

*kotьlì i skovorda

Etymology

Likely borrowed from the Ancient Greek or Iranian source of Old Armenian սկաւառակ (skawaṙak, saucer, plate), which probably represents Iranian *skavarid-ak, containing the well-known suffix -ակ (-ak). Compare Persian سکوره (sokôra, earthen dish, saucer), Ancient Greek σκευάριον (skeuárion), σκευαρίδιον (skeuarídion, small vessel).[1] Also found in Lithuanian skarvadà (frying pan).

Noun

*skovordà f

  1. frying pan

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: сковорода (skovoroda)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: skravada, skrovada
    • Polish: skowroda
    • Upper Sorbian: škorodej
    • Lower Sorbian: škórodej

Further reading

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

References

  1. Szemerényi, Oswald (1991) Scripta minora. Selected essays in Indo-European, Greek, and Latin․ Vol. 4 Indo-European Languages Other than Latin and Greek, Innsbruck, pages 2185–2187
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