Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/červьjь

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

*červikъ, *červica (*-kъ (k-extension)?)

Etymology

From *červo +‎ *-ьjь. Compare Old Irish cuaran, Welsh curan.

Noun

*červьjь m

shoe

Inflection

Declension of *červьjь (soft o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*červьjь	*červьja	*červьji
genitive	*červьja	*červьju	*červьjь
dative	*červьju	*červьjema	*červьjemъ
accusative	*červьjь	*červьja	*červьję̇
instrumental	červьjьmь, červьjemь^*	*červьjema	*červьji
locative	*červьji	*červьju	*červьjixъ
vocative	*červьju	*červьja	*červьji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

*červьjь/*červьje:

Church Slavonic: чрѣвии (črěvii) (Russian)

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: черевии (čerevii), черевиѥ (čerevije)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: чрѣвии (črěvii)
- Bulgarian: църву́л (cǎrvúl), цреве pl (creve)
- Macedonian: цревја pl (crevja), чевел m (čevel)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: цре̏вља
  
  Latin script: crȅvlja
- Slovene: črȇvelj, črẹ̑velj, čevelj
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: střeví, třeví
  - Czech: třeví, střeví
- Polabian: criv
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: črij
  - Lower Sorbian: crjej, cŕej, crěj, crěẃ (obsolete)

*červikъ/*červica:

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: черевикъ (čerevikŭ)
  - Belarusian: чараві́к (čaravík)
  - Russian: череви́цы pl (čerevícy)
  - Ukrainian: череви́к (čerevýk), черевики́ pl (čerevyký)
    - Russian: череви́к (čerevík) (plural: черевики́ pl (čerevikí))
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: цре́вик (crévik)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: цре̏вица, цре̏вљица
  
  Latin script: crȅvica, crȅvljica
- Slovene: čerevica
West Slavic:
- Czech: střevíc, třevíc
- Polish: trzewik
- Silesian: strzewik
- Slovak: črevíc

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “черевик”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “чрево”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 392
Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “башмак”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 80
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*červikъ/*červica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 81
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*červьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 83
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*červьjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 83