Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/četvьrgъ
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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
Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ketwirgas, derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥-. Cognate with Lithuanian ketvérgis (“four-year”), dialectal ketvérgė (“20 kopecks coin”). Compare Samogitian ketvergs (“Thursday”) – borrowed from Slavic languages?
Noun
- (originally) pertaining to four
- (East Slavic) Thursday
Declension
Declension of *četvьrgъ (hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *četvьrgъ | *četvьrga | *četvьrdzi |
| genitive | *četvьrga | *četvьrgu | *četvьrgъ |
| dative | *četvьrgu | *četvьrgoma | *četvьrgomъ |
| accusative | *četvьrgъ | *četvьrga | *četvьrgy |
| instrumental | *četvьrgъmь, *četvьrgomь* | *četvьrgoma | *četvьrgy |
| locative | *četvьrdzě | *četvьrgu | *četvьrdzěxъ |
| vocative | *četvьrže | *četvьrga | *četvьrdzi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
- *četvьrtъ (“fourth”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
References
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*četvьrgъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 94
- ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976), “četvŕ̥gъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 2 (caca – davьnota), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 182
Further reading
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “четвер”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 313: “псл. *četvꙺr̥gъ”
- Vasmer, Max (1973) “четве́рг”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 4 (Т – Ящур), Moscow: Progress, page 351: “праслав. *četvьrgъ ― praslav. *četvʹrg”