Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/guščerъ
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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
Most likely a compound of *gu- (“serpentile”) + *ščerъ with uncertain meaning of second element. See standard *aščerъ for further discussion.
Noun
- alternative form of *aščerъ (“lizard”)
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *guščerъ | *guščera | *guščeri |
| genitive | *guščera | *guščeru | *guščerъ |
| dative | *guščeru | *guščeroma | *guščeromъ |
| accusative | *guščerъ | *guščera | *guščery |
| instrumental | *guščerъmь, *guščeromь* | *guščeroma | *guščery |
| locative | *guščerě | *guščeru | *guščerěxъ |
| vocative | *guščere | *guščera | *guščeri |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Related terms
- *guja (“serpent”)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Polabian: gä́ustar
- Non-Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*guščerъ/*guščerica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 179
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гущер”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 297
References
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “kuščar”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “pslovan. *gűščerъ”