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

1. 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

Further reading

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