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. sea
2. 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 (“sailor, mariner”)
• *morьskъ, *mořevъ (“marine”)
• *moruna (“European sturgeon”)

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 (morʹe)

    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

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “море”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*morje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (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 (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 240