Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skorupa

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 *skora (“bast, skin”) + *-upa.

Noun

*skorupa f

  1. crust?, shell?

Declension

Declension of *skorupa (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *skorupa *skorupě *skorupy
genitive *skorupy *skorupu *skorupъ
dative *skorupě *skorupama *skorupamъ
accusative *skorupǫ *skorupě *skorupy
instrumental *skorupojǫ, *skorupǫ** *skorupama *skorupami
locative *skorupě *skorupu *skorupasъ, *skorupaxъ*
vocative *skorupo *skorupě *skorupy

* -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:
    • Old East Slavic: скоролупа (skorolupa), скоролупля (skoroluplja), скоролуща (skorolušča)
      • Belarusian: шкарлупа́ (škarlupá), скару́па (skarúpa)
      • Russian: скорлупа́ (skorlupá)
      • Ukrainian: шкору́па (škorúpa)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: скралупа (skralupa), скралупля (skraluplja), скралуща (skralušta)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ско̏рӯп m
      Latin script: skȍrūp m
    • Slovene: skralûp, skorlûp, skorlúpa, škorlûp, škorlúpa (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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