Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/oskъrdъ

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 *ob- +‎ *skъrdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *skurd-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”).^[1]

Cognate with Old Prussian scurdis (“dibstone, mattock”).

Noun

*oskъrdъ m^[2]

pointed hammer, pickaxe

Declension

Declension of *oskъrdъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*oskъrdъ	*oskъrda	*oskъrdi
genitive	*oskъrda	*oskъrdu	*oskъrdъ
dative	*oskъrdu	*oskъrdoma	*oskъrdomъ
accusative	*oskъrdъ	*oskъrda	*oskъrdy
instrumental	oskъrdъmь, oskъrdomь^*	*oskъrdoma	*oskъrdy
locative	*oskъrdě	*oskъrdu	*oskъrděxъ
vocative	*oskъrde	*oskъrda	*oskъrdi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

*obskъrda

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: оскърдъ (oskŭrdŭ), оскръдъ (oskrŭdŭ)
  - Russian: оскорд (oskord) (dated)
  - Ukrainian: dial. оскард (oskard)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: оскръдъ (oskrŭdŭ)
- Slovene: oškrd
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: oškrd, oskrd
  - Czech: oškrd, oškrt
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): voškrd
- Old Polish: oskard
  - Polish: oskard, rare oszkard
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: woškrot

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “938-47”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 938-47
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*oskъrdъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 378: “m. o ‘pointed hammer, pickaxe’”

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “938-47”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 938-47

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*oskъrdъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 378: “m. o ‘pointed hammer, pickaxe’”

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