Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zьrkadlo

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

Alternative forms

• *zьrcadlo

Etymology

From *zьrkati +‎ *-dlo, the former component related to *zьrěti (“to observe, look at”).

Noun

*zьrkadlo n

1. mirror, looking-glass

Declension

Declension of *zьrkadlo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zьrkadlo	*zьrkadlě	*zьrkadla
genitive	*zьrkadla	*zьrkadlu	*zьrkadlъ
dative	*zьrkadlu	*zьrkadloma	*zьrkadlomъ
accusative	*zьrkadlo	*zьrkadlě	*zьrkadla
instrumental	*zьrkadlъmь, *zьrkadlomь*	*zьrkadloma	*zьrkadly
locative	*zьrkadlě	*zьrkadlu	*zьrkadlěxъ
vocative	*zьrkadlo	*zьrkadlě	*zьrkadla

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: зе́ркало (zérkalo)
    • Ukrainian: дзе́ркало (dzérkalo)
  • Russian: зе́ркало (zérkalo)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: зърка́ло (zǎrkálo) (obsolete)
  • Slovene: zŕkalo, zrkálo (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: zrkadlo
  • Polabian: zarḱódlü
  • Slovak: zrkadlo

Further reading

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