Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьvorъ

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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 Proto-Indo-European *kew- / *kow- / *ku- +‎ *-orъ.

Compare Bulgarian чекор (čekor, bough), Serbo-Croatian кос-ор (cultri genus), Proto-Slavic *stob-orъ, *gov-orъ (talk).

Noun

*čьvorъ m (South Slavic)

  1. bough
  2. knot

Declension

Declension of *čьvorъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *čьvorъ *čьvora *čьvori
genitive *čьvora *čьvoru *čьvorъ
dative *čьvoru *čьvoroma *čьvoromъ
accusative *čьvorъ *čьvora *čьvory
instrumental *čьvorъmь, *čьvoromь* *čьvoroma *čьvory
locative *čьvorě *čьvoru *čьvorěxъ
vocative *čьvore *čьvora *čьvori

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic: —
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: чвор (čvor, bough; knot)
    • Macedonian: чвор (čvor, small bough, bough; knot)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: чво̑р (knot; bough)
      Latin script: čvȏr
    • Slovene: čvòr (bough; knot (in wood))
  • West Slavic: —

References

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čьvorъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 179