Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zvěrę

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 *zvěrь (“beast”) +‎ *-ę.

Noun

*zvě̄rę̀ n[1][2]

baby animal

Declension

Declension of *zvěrę (nt-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*zvěrę	*zvěrę̀ti	*zvěrę̀tā
Accusative	*zvěrę	*zvěrę̀ti	*zvěrę̀tā
Genitive	*zvěrę̀te	*zvěrę̀tu	*zvěrę̀tъ
Locative	*zvěrę̀te	*zvěrę̀tu	*zvěrę̀tьxъ
Dative	*zvěrę̀ti	*zvěrę̀tьma	*zvěrę̀tьmъ
Instrumental	*zvěrę̀tьmь	*zvěrę̀tьma	*zvěrę̀tȳ
Vocative	*zvěrę	*zvěrę̀ti	*zvěrę̀tā

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old Ruthenian: звѣрѧ́ (zvěrjá), звѣря́ (zvěrjá)
  - Ukrainian: звіря́ (zvirjá)
- ⇒ Russian: зверя́та pl (zverjáta)
South Slavic:
- >? Macedonian: ѕвере (dzvere)
- >? Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: звије̑ре
  Latin: zvijȇre
West Slavic:
- Czech: zvíře
- Kashubian: zwierzã
- Old Polish: źwirzę
  - Polish: zwierzę
- Silesian: zwiyrzã
- Slovak: zviera
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: zwěrje
  - Upper Sorbian: zwěrjo

References

Verweij, Arno (1994), “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎, volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 553
Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zvě̑rь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 549-550: “m. i (c) ‘wild animal’”

[1] Verweij, Arno (1994), “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎, volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 553

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zvě̑rь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 549-550: “m. i (c) ‘wild animal’”