Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zvonъ

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

Pokorny reconstructs the root as Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwon- (whence Albanian zë), however Derksen holds that the root *swenh₂- (whence Latin sonus) must be considered a serious alternative.

Noun

*zvȍnъ m[1][2][3]

sound

Declension

Declension of *zvȍnъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*zvȍnъ	*zvȍna	*zvȍni
Accusative	*zvȍnъ	*zvȍna	*zvȍny
Genitive	*zvȍna	*zvonù	*zvònъ
Locative	*zvȍně	*zvonù	*zvoně̃xъ
Dative	*zvȍnu	*zvonomà	*zvonòmъ
Instrumental	zvȍnъmь, zvȍnomь^*	*zvonomà	*zvoný
Vocative	*zvone	*zvȍna	*zvȍni

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

*zvьněti (“to ring, clank”)
*zvǫkъ, *zvękъ (“sound”)

Derived terms

*zvoniti

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: звонъ (zvonŭ)
  - Belarusian: звон (zvon)
  - Russian: звон (zvon)
  - Ukrainian: звін (zvin), дзвін (dzvin)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: звонъ (zvonŭ)
  Glagolitic: ⰸⰲⱁⱀⱏ (zvonŭ)
  - → Romanian: zvon
- Bulgarian: звъ́н (zvǎ́n)
- Macedonian: ѕвон (dzvon)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: зво̏н
  Latin: zvȍn
- Slovene: zvọ̑n (tonal orthography)
  - Rovte dialect (Črni vrh, Idrija): zγȗən
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: zvon
  - Czech: zvon
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): zvon
- Old Polish: zwon
  - Polish: dzwon
    - Lesser Polish (Więciórka): zvǫn
- Slovak: zvon
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: zvon
  - Lower Sorbian: zvon

Non-Slavic:
- → Lithuanian: zvãnas
- → Latvian: zvans

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zvȏnъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 550: “m. o. (c) ‘sound’”
Snoj, Marko (2016), “zvọ̑n”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*zvȍnъ”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “zvonъ zvona”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c peal, ringing (NA 120)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zvȏnъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 550: “m. o. (c) ‘sound’”

[2] Snoj, Marko (2016), “zvọ̑n”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*zvȍnъ”

[3] Olander, Thomas (2001), “zvonъ zvona”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c peal, ringing (NA 120)”