Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skvorьcь

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

Derived from *skvьr- which, according to Vasmer, is of onomatopoeic provenance.

Noun

*skvorьcь m

1. starling (bird)

Inflection

Declension of *skvorьcь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*skvorьcь	*skvorьca	*skvorьci
genitive	*skvorьca	*skvorьcu	*skvorьcь
dative	*skvorьcu	*skvorьcema	*skvorьcemъ
accusative	*skvorьcь	*skvorьca	*skvorьcę̇
instrumental	*skvorьcьmь, *skvorьcemь*	*skvorьcema	*skvorьci
locative	*skvorьci	*skvorьcu	*skvorьcixъ
vocative	*skvorьče	*skvorьca	*skvorьci

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: скворе́ц (skvoréc)
  • Ukrainian: скворе́ць (skvorécʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: скворе́ц (skvoréc), скоре́ц (skoréc), шкоре́ц (škoréc)
  • Slovene: skórǝc, škórəc, škvórǝc (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • >? Czech: skorec (“dipper”)
  • Kashubian: skórc
  • Polabian: skǘråc, sťörăc
  • Old Polish: skorzec
    • Polish: skorzec (obsolete)
  • Slovak: škorec
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: škórc
    • Lower Sorbian: škórc

Further reading

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