Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šьvъ

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

Ultimately equivalent to *šiti (“to sew”) +‎ *-vъ.

Noun

*šьvъ m

1. stitch, seam

Inflection

Declension of *šьvъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*šьvъ	*šьva	*šьvi
genitive	*šьva	*šьvu	*šьvъ
dative	*šьvu	*šьvoma	*šьvomъ
accusative	*šьvъ	*šьva	*šьvy
instrumental	*šьvъmь, *šьvomь*	*šьvoma	*šьvy
locative	*šьvě	*šьvu	*šьvěxъ
vocative	*šьve	*šьva	*šьvi

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: шов (šov)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Russian Church Slavonic: шьвъ (šĭvŭ)
  • Bulgarian: шев (šev)
  • Macedonian: шев (šev)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ша̏в

    Latin script: šȁv

  • Slovene: šèv (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: šev
  • Polish: szew
  • Slovak: šev
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: šow
    • Lower Sorbian: šaw

Further reading

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