Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rьvьnivъ

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.

From *rьvьnь (“zeal”) +‎ *-ivъ. Probably related to Proto-Slavic *řuti (“to cry, to weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rew- (“to roar”).

*rьvьnivъ

1. desirable, likable (for object) (in South Slavic)
2. jealous, envious (for person)

   Synonyms: *zavistьlivъ, *žarьlivъ

• *rьvьnivьcь (“jealous person”)

• *rьvьnь f (“zeal”)
  • *rьvьnovati (“to be jealous of”)
  • *rьvьnati (“to like, to desire enviously”) (a/j-conj)
  • *rьvьniteľь (“jealous person”)
  • *rьvьnostь (“jealousy”)
• *revьlivъ (“prone to crying, crybaby”) (probably)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: раўні́вы (raŭnívy)
    • Russian: ревни́вый (revnívyj)
    • Ukrainian: ревни́вий (revnývyj)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: рьвьнивъ (rĭvĭnivŭ)
    • Bulgarian: ревни́в (revnív, “jealous; desirable”)
  • Macedonian: ревнив (revniv)
  • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: сурѐвњив

    Latin script: surèvnjiv

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: řevnivý
  • Old Polish: rzewniwy
  • Slovak:
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian:

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ревни́вый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “ревнив”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 199