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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tvarogъ

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

Probably related to *tvoriti, Old Church Slavonic творъ (tvorŭ, form), Russian утво́р (utvór, leaven, ferment), Czech tvořidlo (container for cheesemaking). Morphologically *tvar- + *-ogъ. For meaning compare French fromage, Italian formaggio.

Unlikely to be from a Turkic language (compare Chagatai [script needed] (turak, cheese)).[1]

Noun

*tvarogъ m

  1. quark (soft creamy cheese)

Inflection

See also

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: тваро́г (tvaróh); тво́раг (tvórah), тво́рах (tvórax), творо́г (tvoróh), творі́х (tvoríx), твору́г (tvorúh) (dialectal)
      • Belarusian: атваро́г (atvaróh), отворо́г (otvoróh) (dialectal)
    • Russian: творо́г (tvoróg), тваро́г (tvaróg), тво́рог (tvórog)
    • Rusyn: тварі́г (tvaríh)
    • Ukrainian: тва́рог (tvároh)[2], творі́г (tvoríh), творо́г (tvoróh), твору́г (tvorúh) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: отворо́г (otvoróh) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: тварогъ (tvarogŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⱅⰲⰰⱃⱁⰳⱏ (tvarogŭ)
    • Bulgarian: тваро́г (tvaróg) (obsolete)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  1. Die slavischen Sprachen / The Slavic Languages, volume 2 (2014, →ISBN)
  2. Zhelekhivskyi, E. I., Nedilskyi, S., editors (1886), тва́рог”, in Малоруско-нїмецкий словар [Ukrainian-German Dictionary] (in German), volume 2: П – Я, Lviv: Shevchenko Society, page 952
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