Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kromъka

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

By surface analysis, *kroma +‎ *-ъka.

Noun

*kromъka f^[1]

diminutive of *kroma (“edge”)

Declension

Declension of *kromъka (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kromъka	*kromъcě	*kromъky
genitive	*kromъky	*kromъku	*kromъkъ
dative	*kromъcě	*kromъkama	*kromъkamъ
accusative	*kromъkǫ	*kromъcě	*kromъky
instrumental	kromъkojǫ, kromъkǫ^**	*kromъkama	*kromъkami
locative	*kromъcě	*kromъku	kromъkasъ, kromъkaxъ^*
vocative	*kromъko	*kromъcě	*kromъky

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: кро́мка (krómka)
- Russian: кро́мка (krómka) (dialectal)
West Slavic:
- Old Polish: kromka
  - Polish: kromka
  - Silesian: krōmka
- Polabian: krümka
- Slovak: kromka (dialectal)
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: kšomka

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*kromъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 148

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*kromъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 148

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