Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zvěrę

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 *zvěrь (“beast”) +‎ *-ę.

Noun

*zvě̄rę̀ n^[1]^[2]

baby animal

Declension

Declension of *zvěrę (nt-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zvěrę	*zvěrę̀ti	*zvěrę̀tā
genitive	*zvěrę̀te	*zvěrę̀tu	*zvěrę̀tъ
dative	*zvěrę̀ti	*zvěrę̀tьma	*zvěrę̀tьmъ
accusative	*zvěrę	*zvěrę̀ti	*zvěrę̀tā
instrumental	*zvěrę̀tьmь	*zvěrę̀tьma	*zvěrę̀tȳ
locative	*zvěrę̀te	*zvěrę̀tu	*zvěrę̀tьxъ
vocative	*zvěrę	*zvěrę̀ti	*zvěrę̀tā

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *звѣрѧ (*zvěrę)
  - Old Ruthenian: звѣрѧ́ (zvěrjá)
    - Ukrainian: звіря́ (zvirjá)
  - ⇒ Russian: зверя́та pl (zverjáta)
South Slavic:
- >? Macedonian: ѕвере (dzvere)
- >? Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: звије̑ре
  
  Latin: zvijȇre
West Slavic:
- Czech: zvíře
- Kashubian: zwierzã
- Old Polish: źwierzę, źwirzę
  - Polish: zwierzę
  - Silesian: zwiyrzã
- Slovak: zviera
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: zwěrje
  - Upper Sorbian: zwěrjo

References

^ 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 553
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zvě̑rь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 549-550: “m. i (c) ‘wild animal’”

[1] 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 553

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zvě̑rь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 549-550: “m. i (c) ‘wild animal’”

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