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]

sea
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, *mořaninъ (“sailor, mariner, seaman”)
*morьskъ, *mořevъ (“marine”)
*moruna (“European sturgeon”)
*pomorьje (“seaboard, coast”)
- *pomorьjaninъ (“coast dweller”)

Related terms

*morǫgъ, *morěnъ (“dim, dark”) (of animals/plants and in toponyms)
*morkъ (“darkness”)
- *morky (“swamp, marsh”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: море (more)
  - Old Ruthenian: мо́ре (móre), мо́рє (mórje)
    - Belarusian: мо́ра (móra)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: мо́ре (móre)
    - Ukrainian: мо́ре (móre)
  - Russian: мо́ре (móre) (see there for further descendants)
    - Taimyr Pidgin Russian: море (more), моря (morja)
- Old Novgorodian: море (more)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: морѥ (morje), мор҄е (morʹje)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰿⱁⱃⰵ (more)
  - Bulgarian: море́ (moré)
  - Macedonian: мо́ре (móre)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: мо̑ре
  
  Latin script: mȏre
- Slovene: mȏrje, morjẹ̑ (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: moře
  - Czech: moře
- Old Polish: morze
  - Polish: morze
  - Silesian: morze
- Old Slovak: more
  - Pannonian Rusyn: морйо (morjo), морє (morje)
  - Slovak: more
- Polabian: *müri
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: mòrze, mòrzé
  - Slovincian: môrzê
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: morjo
  - Lower Sorbian: mórjo

References

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

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), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 240

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mȍŗe”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 325

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “morje morja”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], 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”

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