Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dvьrь

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-Balto-Slavic *dwírs, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-.

Noun

*dvь̀rь f^[1]^[2]

door

Declension

Declension of *dvь̀rь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dvь̀rь	*dvьrì	*dvьrì
genitive	*dvь̀ri	dvь̀rьju, dvьřu^*	dvьrь̀jь, dvь̀ri^*
dative	*dvьrì	*dvь̀rьma	*dvьrь̀mъ
accusative	*dvь̀rь	*dvьrì	*dvьrì
instrumental	dvь̀rьjǫ, dvь̀řǫ^*	*dvь̀rьma	*dvь̀rьmī
locative	*dvь̀ri	dvь̀rьju, dvьřu^*	*dvьrь̀xъ
vocative	*dvьri	*dvьrì	*dvьrì

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: двь́рь (dvĭ́rĭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: дверь (dverʹ), две́ри pl (dvéri)
    - Belarusian: дзве́ры pl (dzvjéry)
    - Ukrainian: две́рі pl (dvéri)
  - Russian: дверь (dverʹ), две́ри pl (dvéri)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: двьри pl (dvĭri), двьрь (dvĭrĭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰴⰲⱐⱃⰻ pl (dvĭri), ⰴⰲⱐⱃⱐ (dvĭrĭ)
  - → Serbo-Croatian: (archaic)
    Cyrillic script: две̑ри pl
    
    Latin script: dvȇri pl
- Bulgarian: две́ри pl (dvéri)
- Serbo-Croatian: (obsolete)
  Cyrillic script: двар
  
  Latin script: dvar
- Macedonian: двер (dver) (archaic)
- Slovene: dūri (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: dřvi pl, dveři, dvéři, dveřě, dvéřě (later)
  - Czech: dveře
- Old Polish: drzwi pl, dźwirze, dźwi, dźwirz
  - Polish: drzwi, dźwierze (obsolete or dialectal, Northern Greater Poland, Eastern Greater Poland), dźwi (Kuyavia), dźwirze (Żywiec, Przemyśl)
  - Silesian: drzwi
- Old Slovak: dvere f pl, dverá f
  - Pannonian Rusyn: дзвери pl (dzveri)
  - Slovak: dvere pl
- Polabian: dvar
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: dwiérze, dwérze
  - Slovincian: dwjêrze
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: źurja pl
  - Upper Sorbian: durje pl

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dvьrь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 128: “f. i (b) ‘door’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “dvьrь dvьri”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 21, 148, 199; IRU 79, 94; PR 136)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dvьrь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 128: “f. i (b) ‘door’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “dvьrь dvьri”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 21, 148, 199; IRU 79, 94; PR 136)”

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