Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zvonъ

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

Pokorny reconstructs the root as Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwon- (whence Albanian zë), however Derksen holds that the root *swenh₂- (whence Latin sonus) must be considered a serious alternative.

Noun

*zvȍnъ m^[1]^[2]^[3]

sound

Declension

Declension of *zvȍnъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zvȍnъ	*zvȍna	*zvȍni
genitive	*zvȍna	*zvonù	*zvònъ
dative	*zvȍnu	*zvonomà	*zvonòmъ
accusative	*zvȍnъ	*zvȍna	*zvȍny
instrumental	zvȍnъmь, zvȍnomь^*	*zvonomà	*zvoný
locative	*zvȍně	*zvonù	*zvoně̃xъ
vocative	*zvone	*zvȍna	*zvȍni

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

Related terms

*zvьněti (“to ring, clank”)
*zvǫkъ, *zvękъ (“sound”)

Derived terms

*zvoniti

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: звонъ (zvonŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: звонъ (zvon)
    - Belarusian: звон (zvon)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: звӱн (zvün)
    - Ukrainian: дзвін (dzvin), звін (zvin)
  - Russian: звон (zvon)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: звонъ (zvonŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰸⰲⱁⱀⱏ (zvonŭ)
  - Bulgarian: звъ́н (zvǎ́n)
  - Macedonian: ѕвон (dzvon)
  - → Romanian: zvon
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: зво̏н
  
  Latin script: zvȍn
- Slovene: zvọ̑n (tonal orthography)
  - Rovte dialect (Črni vrh, Idrija): zγȗən
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: zvon
  - Czech: zvon
- Old Polish: zwon
  - Polish: dzwon
- Old Slovak: dzvon, zvon
  - Pannonian Rusyn: дзвон (dzvon)
  - Slovak: zvon
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: zwón
  - Lower Sorbian: zwón

Non-Slavic:
- → Lithuanian: zvãnas
- → Latvian: zvans

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zvȏnъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 550: “m. o. (c) ‘sound’”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “zvọ̑n”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*zvȍnъ”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “zvonъ zvona”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c peal, ringing (NA 120)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zvȏnъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 550: “m. o. (c) ‘sound’”

[2] Snoj, Marko (2016) “zvọ̑n”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*zvȍnъ”

[3] Olander, Thomas (2001) “zvonъ zvona”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c peal, ringing (NA 120)”

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