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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grьkъ

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Balkan Vulgar Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós), of uncertain origin.

It's not entirely clear why near-open -ae- was substituted with close *ь (*ĭ). On the one hand Simeonov proposed Thracian-related influence. On the other hand Skok and Shevelyov proposed that Vulgar Latin grecíscus was borrowed into *grьčьskъ first, with back-formation of *grьci and *grьčinъ, and only then *grьkъ.

Noun

*grьkъ m

  1. Greek

Inflection

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Derived terms
  • *grьčьskъ (“Greek”, adjective)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: грекинꙗ (grekinja)
      • Belarusian: грэк m (hrek)
      • Russian: грек m (grek)
      • Old Ukrainian: гръчинъ m (hrčin)
        • Ukrainian: грек m (hrek), греки́ня f (hrekýnja)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: Hřěk m, Řěk m
    • Slovak: Grék m, Grékyňa f
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: Grjek
      • Upper Sorbian: Grjek

Non-Slavic:

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “грек”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grьkъ, *grьčinъ, *grьkyni”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 163
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “gërk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 114-5
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