Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krajь

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

ESSJa: from *krojiti (“to cut”), with lengthening of the root vowel (Proto-Balto-Slavic *krāˀjаs and *krajīˀtei, respectively). Compare *tvarь f : *tvoriti, *gajь m : *gojiti.
Derksen: from Proto-Indo-European *kroh₁(y)-, full-grade of the root *kreh₁(y)- (“to sieve, separate”), *krey- (“sieve”).

Noun

*kràjь m[1][2]

edge, end

Declension

Declension of *kràjь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kràjь	*kràja	*kràji
Accusative	*kràjь	*kràja	*kràję̇
Genitive	*kràja	*kràju	*kràjь
Locative	*kràji	*kràju	*kràjīxъ
Dative	*kràju	*kràjema	*kràjēmъ
Instrumental	kràjьmь, kràjemь^*	*kràjema	*kràjī
Vocative	*kràju	*kràja	*kràji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

*krajanъ
*krajikъ
*krajina
*krajišče
*krajьcь
*krajьkъ
*krajьna
*krajьnъ

Related terms

*krida (“sieve”)
*krajati, *krojiti (“to cut”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: краи (krai)
  - Belarusian: край (kraj)
  - Russian: край (kraj)
  - Rusyn: край (kraj)
  - Ukrainian: край (kraj)
  - → Finnic:
    - Estonian: raja
    - Finnish: raja
    - Ingrian: raja
    - Karelian: raja
    - Ludian: raja
    - Votic: raja
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: краи (krai)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: край (kraj)
- Macedonian: крај (kraj)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: кра̑ј
  
  Latin script: krȃj
- Slovene: krȁj (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: kraj
  - Czech: kraj
    - Moravian (Mistřice): kraj
- Kashubian: krôj
- Polish: kraj, kráj (obsolete or dialectal)
- Slovak: kraj
- Slovincian: krɵ·i̯, kråj
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: kraj
    - → Lower Sorbian: kraj
  - Lower Sorbian: kšaj

→ Albanian: krah (possibly)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kràjь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244: “m. jo (a) ‘edge’”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “krajь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 131; RPT 99, 101)”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kràjь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244: “m. jo (a) ‘edge’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “krajь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 131; RPT 99, 101)”