скорꙑньꙗ

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *skornьja, *skornь with Old Pskovian dialectal (Krivichs area) reflex of pleophony *TorT > *TorᵊT, *TorᵒT, and from which -орэ- (-orɛ-), -оры- (-ory-) apparently originate, found in Northern Russian dialects.[1] Cognate with Old East Slavic скороньꙗ (skoronĭja), скоронь (skoronĭ), where the normal East Slavic pleophony *TorT > ToroT.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ско‧рꙑ‧нь‧ꙗ

Noun

скорꙑньꙗ • (śkorynĭjaf

  1. (Old Pskovian, anatomy) temple; cheekbone

Descendants

  • Russian: скорынья́ (skorynʹjá) (dialectal)

References

  1. ^ DND2, §2.5 page 39‒40

Further reading

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912), “скорꙑниꙗ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 385
  • Bogatova, G. A., editor (2000), “скорынья(-ия)”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 25 (скорынья – снулый), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 6