Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sorъ

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

Related to Proto-Slavic *sьrati (“to defecate”), Lithuanian šаrvаi pl (“menstruation”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *sḱer-. May be further related to Proto-Indo-European *sóḱr̥ (“feces”)?

Noun

*sorъ m

dirt

Declension

Declension of *sorъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sorъ	*sora	*sori
genitive	*sora	*soru	*sorъ
dative	*soru	*soroma	*soromъ
accusative	*sorъ	*sora	*sory
instrumental	sorъmь, soromь^*	*soroma	*sory
locative	*sorě	*soru	*sorěxъ
vocative	*sore	*sora	*sori

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: сур (sur) (dialectal)
  - → Polish: sor, sur, szur (dialectal)
    - →? Slovak: šúr (“marsh”)
  - → Ukrainian: сур (sur) (dialectal)
- Russian: сор (sor)

Further reading

Vasmer, Max (1972), “сор”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Муза – Сят), Moscow: Progress
Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2010), “сур”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 13 (су- – трапка́ч), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “сур”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN