Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьverъ

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

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Noun

*jьverъ m

1. splinter?, chip?

Inflection

Declension of *jьverъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*jьverъ	*jьvera	*jьveri
genitive	*jьvera	*jьveru	*jьverъ
dative	*jьveru	*jьveroma	*jьveromъ
accusative	*jьverъ	*jьvera	*jьvery
instrumental	*jьverъmь, *jьveromь*	*jьveroma	*jьvery
locative	*jьverě	*jьveru	*jьverěxъ
vocative	*jьvere	*jьvera	*jьveri

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *iverъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: iвере (ivjerje)
  • Russian: и́верень (íverenʹ)
  • Ukrainian: íвер (íver)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: и́вер (íver) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: и̏вер

    Latin script: ȉver

  • Slovene: ivér (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: ivera, jivera
  • Old Polish: wiór
    • Polish: wiór
  • Polabian: jevér
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: wiór, wiorë
    • Slovincian: wiór
  • Slovak: íver

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “и́верень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress