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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dāˀiweris, from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr.[1][2] Baltic cognates include Latvian diẽveris, Lithuanian díeveris. Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek δαήρ (daḗr), Latin lēvir, Proto-Germanic *taikuraz, Sanskrit देवृ (devṛ́).
Noun
*dě̀verь or *dě̑verь m[3][4]
- husband's brother
Inflection
Declension of
*dě̀verь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
* 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).
Declension of
*dě̑verь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
* 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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dě̀verь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 105: “PIE *deh₂i-uer-”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “dieveris”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 128: “PIE *deh₂i-uer-”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dě̀verь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 105: “m. jo (a (c)) ‘husband’s brother’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “děverь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (NA 136, 139, 143; SA 18, 158); c (PR 138)”