Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krasъka

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 *krasa or *krasiti +‎ *-ъka.

Noun

*krasъka f

paint

Inflection

Declension of *krasъka (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*krasъka	*krasъcě	*krasъky
genitive	*krasъky	*krasъku	*krasъkъ
dative	*krasъcě	*krasъkama	*krasъkamъ
accusative	*krasъkǫ	*krasъcě	*krasъky
instrumental	krasъkojǫ, krasъkǫ^**	*krasъkama	*krasъkami
locative	*krasъcě	*krasъku	krasъkasъ, krasъkaxъ^*
vocative	*krasъko	*krasъcě	*krasъky

^* -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).

Related terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Middle Russian: кра́ска (kráska) (1472)
  - Russian: кра́ска (kráska)
- Old Ruthenian: кра́ска (kráska)
  - Belarusian: кра́ска (kráska) (dialectal)
  - Ukrainian: кра́ска (kráska)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  - Church Slavonic: краска (kraska)
- Bulgarian: кра́ска (kráska)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: кра̏ска
  
  Latin script: krȁska
West Slavic:
- Czech: kraska
- Old Polish: kraska
  - Polish: kraska
- Slovak: kráska

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*krasъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 105