Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/urokъ

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

Deverbal from *ureťi, from *u (from, at) +‎ *reťi (to say).[1]

Noun

*urokъ m

  1. verbal agreement, contract
  2. evil eye, curse, spell

Inflection

Declension of *urokъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *urokъ *uroka *uroci
genitive *uroka *uroku *urokъ
dative *uroku *urokoma *urokomъ
accusative *urokъ *uroka *uroky
instrumental *urokъmь, *urokomь* *urokoma *uroky
locative *urocě *uroku *urocěxъ
vocative *uroče *uroka *uroci

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

Derived terms

  • *uročiti (to accord)
  • *uročьnъ (agreed upon)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: урокъ (urokŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: úrok (interest)
    • Polish: urok (charm, spell)

References

  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “урок”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Further reading

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “урок”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 292
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “урокъ”, 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 1257