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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čarъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ker-, *kēr-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (to do, make, build). (Sanskrit करोति (karóti), Lithuanian kùrti).

Slavic forms with *čar- presuppose a nominal lengthened-grade derivation, i.e. Proto-Balto-Slavic *kēr- (Lithuanian kẽras (charm, magic)). Serbo-Croatian feminine i-stem is probably an archaism - lengthened grade is expected in PIE root nouns which yield Balto-Slavic i-stems. PIE root probably already had magical connotations, i.e. denoting remote action by magical means (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).

Noun

*čarъ m [1]

  1. magic, sorcery

Declension

Alternative forms

  • *čarь
  • *čara
  • *čariteljь
  • *čarovьnica
  • *čarovьnikъ
  • *čarovьnъ

Derived terms

  • *čarati
  • *čariti

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: чаръ (čarŭ)
      Glagolitic: ⱍⰰⱃⱏ (čarŭ)
    • Bulgarian: чар (čar)
    • Macedonian: чар f (čar)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ча̑р f
      Latin: čȃr f
    • Slovene: čár
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: čar
      • Czech: čár
    • Polish: czar
    • Slovak: čar
    • Slovincian: čȧ̃rä

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*čarъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 78: “m. o ‘magic, sorcery’”
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