Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svekry

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 *sweḱrúh₂. Indo-Iranian cognates include Sanskrit श्वश्रू (śvaśrū́) and Pashto خواښې (xwāśe, “mother-in-law”). Akin to Latin socrus (“mother-in-law”).

Noun

*svekrỳ f

1. woman's mother-in-law (husband's mother)

Declension

Declension of *svekrỳ (hard v-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*svekrỳ	*svekrъ̀vi	*svekrъ̀vi
genitive	*svekrъ̀ve	*svekrъ̀vu	*svekrъ̀vъ
dative	*svekrъ̀vi	*svekrъ̀vьma, *svekrъ̀vama*	*svekrъ̀vьmъ, *svekrъ̀vamъ*
accusative	*svekrъ̀vь	*svekrъ̀vi	*svekrъ̀vi
instrumental	*svekrъ̀vьjǫ, *svekrъ̀vľǭ**	*svekrъ̀vьma, *svekrъ̀vama*	*svekrъ̀vьmī, *svekrъ̀vamī*
locative	*svekrъ̀ve	*svekrъ̀vu	*svekrъ̀vьxъ, *svekrъ̀vaxъ*
vocative	*svekrỳ	*svekrъ̀vi	*svekrъ̀vi

^* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
^** 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).

See also

Proto-Slavic family terms

*sěmьja, *rodina (“family”)	Male	Female
parent	*otъ, *otьcь (“father”) nursery: *tata	*mati (“mother”) nursery: *mama
sibling	*bratrъ (“brother”)	*sestra (“sister”)
child	*synъ (“son”)	*dъťi (“daughter”)
grandparent	– (“grandfather”) nursery: *dědъ; *nana	*ova (“grandmother”) nursery: *baba; *nena
grandchild	*vъnukъ (“grandson”)	*vъnuka (“granddaughter”)
stepparent	*otьčimъ (“stepfather”)	*maťexa (“stepmother”)
stepchild	*pastorъkъ (“stepson”)	*pastorъka (“stepdaughter”)
father's sibling	*strъjь (“paternal uncle”) nursery: *dada; *lola	– (“paternal aunt”) nursery: *teta; *lelja
mother's sibling	*ujь (“maternal uncle”) nursery: *dada; *lola	– (“maternal aunt”) nursery: *teta; *lelja
sibling's child	*netьjь (“nephew”)	*nestera (“niece”)
spouse	*mǫžь (“husband”)	*žena (“wife”)
parent of wife	*tьstь (“father-in-law (wife's father)”)	*tьšča (“mother-in-law (wife's mother)”)
parent of husband	*svekrъ (“father-in-law (husband's father)”)	*svekry (“mother-in-law (husband's father)”)
sibling of wife	*šurь (“brother-in-law (wife's brother)”)	*svěstь, *svьstь (“sister-in-law (wife's sister)”)
sibling of husband	*děverь (“brother-in-law (husband's brother)”)	*zъly (“sister-in-law (husband's sister)”)
spouse of child	*zętь (“son-in-law (daughter's husband)”)	*snъxa (“daughter-in-law (son's wife)”)
spouse of husband's brother	–	*ętry (“sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: свекрꙑ (svekry)
    • Belarusian: свякро́ў (svjakróŭ), свякру́ха (svjakrúxa)
    • Russian: свекро́вь (svekróvʹ), свекру́ха (svekrúxa)
    • Ukrainian: свекру́ха (svekrúxa)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: свекрꙑ (svekry)

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⰲⰵⰽⱃⱏⰹ (svekry)

  • Bulgarian: свекъ́рва (svekǎ́rva)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: све̏крва

    Latin script: svȅkrva

  • Slovene: svẹ̑krva (tonal orthography), svẹ̑krv (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: svekra, svekrev
    • Czech: svekra (obsolete), svekrev (obsolete)
  • Old Polish: świekra, świekrew, świekry, świokra
    • Polish: (archaic) świekra
  • Slovak: svokra

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 475
• Verweij, Arno (1994) “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎^[1], volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 521