Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svinьja

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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

Probably from early *svīnī f, from an adjectival form *svinъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *swīˀnas, from Proto-Indo-European *suH-iHnos, from *suH- (pig, hog, swine) + *-iHnos.

Baltic cognates include Old Prussian swintian. Further cognates with Latvian sivēns, Latin suīnus (swine; porcine), Proto-Germanic *swīną (pig, swine) (from which comes Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽 (swein), Old High German swīn, English swine, Old Norse svín).

Noun

*svinьjà f

  1. pig, swine

Declension

Declension of *svinьjà (soft a-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *svinьjà *svȋnьji *svȋnьję̇
genitive *svinьję̇́ *svinьjù *svinь̀jь
dative *svinьjì *svinьjàma *svinьjàmъ
accusative *svȋnьjǫ *svȋnьji *svȋnьję̇
instrumental *svinьjejǫ́ *svinьjàma *svinьjàmi
locative *svȋnьjī *svinьjù *svinьjàsъ, *svinьjàxъ*
vocative *svinьje *svȋnьji *svȋnьję̇

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.

Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*svinьjà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 477:f. iā (c) ‘pig, swine’