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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/guščerъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Most likely a compound of *gu- (“serpentile”) + *ščerъ with uncertain meaning of second element. See standard *aščerъ for further discussion.
Noun
*gùščerъ m[1]
- Alternative form of *aščerъ (“lizard”)
Inflection
Declension of *guščerъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *guščerъ | *guščera | *guščeri |
| Accusative | *guščerъ | *guščera | *guščery |
| Genitive | *guščera | *guščeru | *guščerъ |
| Locative | *guščerě | *guščeru | *guščerěxъ |
| Dative | *guščeru | *guščeroma | *guščeromъ |
| Instrumental | *guščerъmь, *guščeromь* | *guščeroma | *guščery |
| Vocative | *guščere | *guščera | *guščeri |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *guščerica, *guščerina
Related terms
- *guja (“serpent”)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: гу́щер (gúšter)
- Macedonian: гуштер (gušter)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: гу̏штер
- Latin: gȕšter
- Slovene: gúščer, kuščar (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Polabian: gä́ustar
- Slovincian: gũščeră f
- Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: gușter
- → Aromanian: guștir, guștur
- → Greek: γουσκέρα (gouskéra)
Further reading
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1980) , “*guščerъ/*guščerica”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 07, Moscow: Nauka, page 179
- Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971) , “гущер”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 297
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016) , “kuščar”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “pslovan. *gűščerъ”