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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krǫtъ

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 from Proto-Balto-Slavic *krantás (sheer, precipitous), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to bend, to crook) + *-ǫtъ. Substantivized as Lithuanian krañtas (bank, shore), dial. Latvian krañts (edge, bank) within Baltic (cf. derivative Old East Slavic крꙋча (kruča, steep, precipice) < *krǫťa).

Adjective

*krǫ̑tъ[1][2][3]

  1. winding, steep, abrupt (of shape)
    Synonyms: *prikrъ, *strьmъ
  2. (by abstraction) severe, harsh (of condition)

Declension

Derived terms

  • *krǫtiti (to turn, to twist), *krǫtati (to kink, to crook; to harshen)
    • *krǫtа (resultant noun)
    • *krǫticа (kinky structure (forest, decoration, tie))
  • *krǫtina, *krǫtizna, *krǫtostь (abstract nouns)
  • *krǫťa (cliff, steep) (in East Slavic)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: крꙋтꙑи (krutyj)
      • Middle Russian: крутой (krutoj)
      • Old Ruthenian: крутый (krutyj)[4]
        • Belarusian: круты́ (krutý); круты́й (krutýj) (dialectal)
        • Rusyn: круты́й (krutŷ́j)
        • Ukrainian: крути́й (krutýj)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: крѫтъ (krǫtŭ)
      Glagolitic: ⰽⱃⱘⱅⱏ (krǫtŭ)
    • Bulgarian: крут (krut, sharp, coarse) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: крут (krut)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: кру̑т
      Latin: krȗt
      • Slovene: krȗt (standard)
    • Slovene: krọ̑t (obsolete)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: krutý
    • Old Polish: kręty
      • Polish: kręty; kryͤnti (dialectal)
    • Slovak: krutý
    • Slovincian: krąti, krątḯ
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: kšutу
      • Upper Sorbian: kruty

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*krǫ̑tъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 252: “adj. o (c)”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), krǫtъ krǫta krǫto”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c stejl, voldsom (SA 109, 188; PR 138)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), krut”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *krǫ̑tъ”
  4. Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), крутый”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 186
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