Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zěvъ

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 *zěvàti +‎ *-ъ.

Noun

*zěvъ m

1. yawn

Declension

Declension of *zěvъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zěvъ	*zěva	*zěvi
genitive	*zěva	*zěvu	*zěvъ
dative	*zěvu	*zěvoma	*zěvomъ
accusative	*zěvъ	*zěva	*zěvy
instrumental	*zěvъmь, *zěvomь*	*zěvoma	*zěvy
locative	*zěvě	*zěvu	*zěvěxъ
vocative	*zěve	*zěva	*zěvi

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

Related terms

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰeh₂- (0 c, 13 e)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *зѣвъ (*zěvŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: *зѣвъ (*zěv)
      • Belarusian: зеў (zjeŭ)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: зїв (zjiv)
      • Ukrainian: зів (ziv)
    • Russian: зев (zev)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Bulgarian: зев (zev)
    • Macedonian: зев (zev)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: зе̑в, зије̑в

    Latin script: zȇv, zijȇv

  • Slovene: zę̀v, zę̑v (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: zev (obsolete)
  • Polish: ziew (obsolete)

Further reading

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