Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žeravľь
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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-Balto-Slavic *ger-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂ōws. Cognate with Lithuanian gérvė, Latvian dzērve, Old Prussian gerwe.
Noun
Alternative forms
- *žeravь (i-stem)
Declension
Declension of *žeravľь (soft o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *žeravľь | *žeravľa | *žeravľi |
| genitive | *žeravľa | *žeravľu | *žeravľь |
| dative | *žeravľu | *žeravľema | *žeravľemъ |
| accusative | *žeravľь | *žeravľa | *žeravľę̇ |
| instrumental | *žeravľьmь, *žeravľemь* | *žeravľema | *žeravľi |
| locative | *žeravľi | *žeravľu | *žeravľixъ |
| vocative | *žeravľu | *žeravľa | *žeravľi |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жура́вль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жерав”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 536
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “žeravь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558: “m. jo ‘crane’”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “žerjàv”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *žeravь̏, *žeravl'ь̏”