Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zьrcadlo

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

Alternative forms

*zьrkadlo

Etymology

From *zьrkati +‎ *-dlo, a calque of Latin speculum.

Noun

*zьrcadlo n

mirror, looking-glass

Inflection

Declension of *zьrcadlo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zьrcadlo	*zьrcadlě	*zьrcadla
genitive	*zьrcadla	*zьrcadlu	*zьrcadlъ
dative	*zьrcadlu	*zьrcadloma	*zьrcadlomъ
accusative	*zьrcadlo	*zьrcadlě	*zьrcadla
instrumental	zьrcadlъmь, zьrcadlomь^*	*zьrcadloma	*zьrcadly
locative	*zьrcadlě	*zьrcadlu	*zьrcadlěxъ
vocative	*zьrcadlo	*zьrcadlě	*zьrcadla

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old Ruthenian: зе́ркало (zérkalo)
  - Ukrainian: дзе́ркало (dzérkalo)
- Russian: зерца́ло (zercálo) (dated, poetic), зе́ркало (zérkalo)
  - → Karelian: zirkalo
  - → Kildin Sami: зе̄ркал (zierkal)
  - → Yakut: сиэркилэ (sierkile)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: зрьцало (zrĭcalo)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: зр̀цало
  
  Latin script: zr̀calo
- Slovene: zrcálo, zrkálo, zŕkalo (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: zrcadlo, zrcadło
  - Czech: zrcadlo
- Polabian: zarḱódlü
- Old Polish: wierciadło, źwierciadło, źwierzciadło, źwirciadło
  - Polish: zwierciadło (literary, poetic)
- Slovak: zrkadlo