Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/porporъ

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

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian spar̃nas (“wing”), Latvian spārns (“wing”).

Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇa, “wing”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀‎ (parəna, “feather”).

Noun

*porporъ m

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Declension

Declension of *porporъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*porporъ	*porpora	*porpori
Accusative	*porporъ	*porpora	*porpory
Genitive	*porpora	*porporu	*porporъ
Locative	*porporě	*porporu	*porporěxъ
Dative	*porporu	*porporoma	*porporomъ
Instrumental	porporъmь, porporomь^*	*porporoma	*porpory
Vocative	*porpore	*porpora	*porpori

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

Related terms

*pariti
*pero (“feather”)
*pьrati (“to fly, move”)

Descendants

Church Slavonic: прапоръ (praporŭ)
- → Russian: пра́пор (prápor)
- → Ukrainian: пра́пір (prápir)

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: поропоръ (poroporŭ)

South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: пра́порец (práporec)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: прапорац
  
  Latin: praporac
- Slovene: prápor, práporǝc (tonal orthography)

West Slavic:
- Czech: prapor, dial. prápor
- Polish: proporzec
- Slovak: prápor

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “прапор”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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