Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьvorъ

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

From Proto-Indo-European *kew- / *kow- / *ku- +‎ *-orъ.

Compare Bulgarian чекор (čekor, “bough”), Serbo-Croatian кос-ор (“cultri genus”), Proto-Slavic *stob-orъ, *gov-orъ (“talk”).

Noun

*čьvorъ m (South Slavic)

bough
knot

Declension

Declension of *čьvorъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*čьvorъ	*čьvora	*čьvori
genitive	*čьvora	*čьvoru	*čьvorъ
dative	*čьvoru	*čьvoroma	*čьvoromъ
accusative	*čьvorъ	*čьvora	*čьvory
instrumental	čьvorъmь, čьvoromь^*	*čьvoroma	*čьvory
locative	*čьvorě	*čьvoru	*čьvorěxъ
vocative	*čьvore	*čьvora	*čьvori

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

Descendants

East Slavic: —
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: чвор (čvor, “bough; knot”)
- Macedonian: чвор (čvor, “small bough, bough; knot”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: чво̑р (“knot; bough”)
  
  Latin script: čvȏr
- Slovene: čvòr (“bough; knot (in wood)”)
West Slavic: —

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čьvorъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 179