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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skvorьcь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Derived from *skvьr- which, according to Vasmer, is of onomatopoeic provenance.
Noun
*skvorьcь m
- starling (bird)
Inflection
Declension of *skvorьcь (soft o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *skvorьcь | *skvorьca | *skvorьci |
| Accusative | *skvorьcь | *skvorьca | *skvorьcę̇ |
| Genitive | *skvorьca | *skvorьcu | *skvorьcь |
| Locative | *skvorьci | *skvorьcu | *skvorьcixъ |
| Dative | *skvorьcu | *skvorьcema | *skvorьcemъ |
| Instrumental | *skvorьcьmь, *skvorьcemь* | *skvorьcema | *skvorьci |
| Vocative | *skvorьče | *skvorьca | *skvorьci |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: скворе́ц (skvoréc)
- Ukrainian: скворе́ць (skvorécʹ)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: скворе́ц (skvoréc), скоре́ц (skoréc), шкоре́ц (škoréc)
- Slovene: skórǝc, škórəc, škvórǝc (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- >? Czech: skorec (“dipper”)
- Kashubian: skorc
- Polabian: skǘråc, sťörăc
- Old Polish: skorzec
- Polish: skorzec (obsolete), skorzek, skorzeń
- Slovak: škorec
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: škórc
- Lower Sorbian: škórc
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “скворе́ц”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress