Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skorda

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 *skord-, from Proto-Indo-European *skordʰ-eh₂. Cognate with Latvian skā̀rdît (“to pound, crush”), Lithuanian skardýti (“to dig up, crush”), Old Prussian scurdis (“dibstone, mattock”).

Noun

*skorda f

harrow

Declension

Declension of *skorda (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*skorda	*skordě	*skordy
genitive	*skordy	*skordu	*skordъ
dative	*skordě	*skordama	*skordamъ
accusative	*skordǫ	*skordě	*skordy
instrumental	skordojǫ, skordǫ^**	*skordama	*skordami
locative	*skordě	*skordu	skordasъ, skordaxъ^*
vocative	*skordo	*skordě	*skordy

^* -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).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: скорода́ (skorodá) (dialectal)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*skorda”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 452
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “скорода́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress