Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zvěrь

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

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-der.
    Proto-Balto-Slavic *źwēˀrís
    Proto-Slavic *zvěrь

    From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źwēˀrís, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-is (“wild animal”), from *ǵʰwer- (“wild”).[1]

    Noun

    *zvě̑rь m[1][2]

    1. wild animal, beast

    Declension

    Declension of *zvě̑rь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *zvě̑rь *zvě̑ri *zvě̑rьjē, *zvě̑řē*
    genitive *zvěrí *zvěrьjù, *zvěřu* *zvěrь̀jь
    dative *zvě̑ri *zvěrьmà *zvě̑rьmъ
    accusative *zvě̑rь *zvě̑ri *zvě̑ri
    instrumental *zvě̑rьmь *zvěrьmà *zvěrьmì
    locative *zvěrí *zvěrьjù, *zvěřu* *zvě̑rьxъ
    vocative *zvěri *zvě̑ri *zvě̑rьjē, *zvě̑řē*

    * The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zvě̑rь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 549: “m. i (c) ‘wild animal’”
    2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “zvěrь zvěri”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 25, 28ff., 33, 71, 156, 243; PR 138; RPT 98)”
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