Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žeravľь

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *ger-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂ōws. Cognate with Lithuanian gérvė, Latvian dzērve, Old Prussian gerwe.

Noun

*žeravľь m[1][2]

  1. crane

Alternative forms

Declension

Declension of *žeravľь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *žeravľь *žeravľa *žeravľi
genitive *žeravľa *žeravľu *žeravľь
dative *žeravľu *žeravľema *žeravľemъ
accusative *žeravľь *žeravľa *žeravľę̇
instrumental *žeravľьmь, *žeravľemь* *žeravľema *žeravľi
locative *žeravľi *žeravľu *žeravľixъ
vocative *žeravľu *žeravľa *žeravľi

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: журавь (žuravĭ), жеравль (žeravlĭ)
    • Old Novgorodian: жеравь (žeravĭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жура́вль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жерав”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 536

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “žeravь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558:m. jo ‘crane’
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “žerjàv”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *žeravь̏, *žeravl'ь̏