Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/śěrъ

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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 *śáiˀras. Related to Proto-Slavic *śědъ (dim, gray), but beyond that of uncertain origin. Possible etymologies include:

Adjective

*śěrъ

  1. gray

Alternative forms

Declension

Indefinite declension of *śěrъ (hard)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *śěrъ *śěra *śěro
genitive *śěra *śěry *śěra
dative *śěru *śěrě *śěru
accusative *śěrъ *śěrǫ *śěro
instrumental *śěromь *śěrojǫ *śěromь
locative *śěrě *śěrě *śěrě
vocative *śěre *śěro *śěro
dual masculine feminine neuter
nominative *śěra *śěrě *śěrě
genitive *śěru *śěru *śěru
dative *śěroma *śěrama *śěroma
accusative *śěra *śěrě *śěrě
instrumental *śěroma *śěrama *śěroma
locative *śěru *śěru *śěru
vocative *śěra *śěrě *śěrě
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *śěri *śěry *śěra
genitive *śěrъ *śěrъ *śěrъ
dative *śěromъ *śěramъ *śěromъ
accusative *śěry *śěry *śěra
instrumental *śěry *śěrami *śěry
locative *śěrěxъ *śěraxъ *śěrěxъ
vocative *śěri *śěry *śěra

See also

Colors in Proto-Slavic · *mȃsti (layout · text)
     *bělъ
(of animals) *bronъ
     *sivъ, *śěrъ, *śědъ      *čьrnъ, *smaglъ, *smǫglъ
(of animals) *vornъ, *galъ
             *čьrvenъ, *ryďь, *ruměnъ              *rudъ, *granivъ; *smědъ
(of animals) *gnědъ
             *žьltъ
(of animals) *solvъ; *polvъ
             *zelenъ              *zelenъ, *grěnъ             
                          *polvъ              *siňь; *modrъ
             *slivъ              *bagrъ             

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “серый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “серый”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 158
  • Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “сяр (сѣръ)”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 725

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*śěrъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 447:adj. o ‘grey’
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*haira-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 201
  3. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “xěrъ xěra xěro”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a? grå (PR 133)
  4. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “ser”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*xě̑rъ