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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/turъ

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

†Bos primigenius

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *taurás, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros.

Cognate with Lithuanian taũras (aurochs), Latvian tàurs (aurochs), Latvian tàuriņš (aurochs → butterfly); Old Prussian tauris (wisent).

Noun

*tȗrъ m[1]

  1. aurochs

Declension

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: туръ (turŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: туръ (tur)
        • Belarusian: тур (tur)
        • Rusyn: тур (tur)
        • Ukrainian: тур (tur)
      • Russian: тур (tur)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: тоуръ (turŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⱅⱆⱃⱏ (turŭ)
    • Bulgarian: тур (tur)
    • Macedonian: тур (tur)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ту̑р
      Latin script: tȗr
    • Slovene: túr
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: tur
    • Kashubian: tur (only as part of set expressions)
    • Polabian: täur
    • Old Polish: tur
    • Slovak: tur
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: tur
      • Upper Sorbian: tur

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*tȗrъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 500: “m. o (c) ‘aurochs’”
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