Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cěvь

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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 *kaiw-is, *ḱaiw-is, from Proto-Indo-European *koy-w-.

Noun

*cě̑vь f

  1. tube, spool

Inflection

Declension of *cě̑vь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *cě̑vь *cě̑vi *cě̑vi
genitive *cěví *cěvьjù, *cěvľu* *cěvь̀jь
dative *cě̑vi *cěvьmà *cě̑vьmъ
accusative *cě̑vь *cě̑vi *cě̑vi
instrumental *cěvьjǫ́ *cěvьmà *cěvьmì
locative *cěví *cěvьjù, *cěvľu* *cě̑vьxъ
vocative *cěvi *cě̑vi *cě̑vi

* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “цевка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*cěvь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 192
  • (2005) Вопросы языкознания, Прибалтийско-финская лексика и восточнославянское языкознание, page 16

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*cě̑vь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 77:f. i (c) ‘tube, spool’