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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šьvьcь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sjuwikas, *sjuwikis. Equivalent to *šiti (“to sew”) + *-ьcь. Cognate with Lithuanian siuvìkas, siuvikis (“tailor”), Old Prussian schuwikis (“tailor”).
Noun
*šьvьcь m[1]
- (generally) seamster (person who sews)
- → tailor, dressmaker (seamster who makes clothing)
- Synonyms: *krojačь, *kravьcь
- → cobbler, shoemaker (seamster who makes footwear)
- Synonyms: *obuťařь, *postolařь
- → tailor, dressmaker (seamster who makes clothing)
Inflection
Declension of *šьvьcь (soft o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *šьvьcь | *šьvьca | *šьvьci |
genitive | *šьvьca | *šьvьcu | *šьvьcь |
dative | *šьvьcu | *šьvьcema | *šьvьcemъ |
accusative | *šьvьcь | *šьvьca | *šьvьcę̇ |
instrumental | *šьvьcьmь, *šьvьcemь* | *šьvьcema | *šьvьci |
locative | *šьvьci | *šьvьcu | *šьvьcixъ |
vocative | *šьvьče | *šьvьca | *šьvьci |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *šьvьkyni, *šьvaxa (“seamstress”) (feminine forms)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: ша́вац
- Latin script: šávac
- Serbo-Croatian:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “швец”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*šьvьcь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 488: “‘tailor, shoemaker’”
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