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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zveno
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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
Alternative reconstructions
- *zъveno (Smoczyński)
Etymology
Dubious. At a surface level, resembles an instrumental noun of hypothetical *zuti ~ *zъvati + *-eno, however, no attested root with this structure correlates semantically with *zveno. Proposed alternatives within the scholarly discourse include:
- Per Mikkola: Metathesis of an earlier *zenvo (or perhaps *znevo) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu ~ *ǵnéws (“knee”).
- Per Vaillant, Smoczyński: Perhaps a substantivation of a relic adjective *zy (“fish”) (unattested) + *-enъ, near cognate with Lithuanian žuvìnis (“of fish”), žvýnė (“fish dish”), Latvian zviņi (“of fish”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu-).
Inflection
Declension of *zvenò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *zvenò | *zvèně | *zvenà |
| genitive | *zvenà | *zvenù | *zvènъ |
| dative | *zvenù | *zvenòma | *zvenòmъ |
| accusative | *zvenò | *zvèně | *zvenà |
| instrumental | *zvenъ̀mь, *zvenòmь* | *zvenòma | *zvèny |
| locative | *zveně̀ | *zvenù | *zvèněxъ |
| vocative | *zvenò | *zvèně | *zvenà |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
In Polabian:
Declension of *zveno (s-stem, accent paradigm b)
Descendants
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “звено”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “звено”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 622
- “žuvis”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
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