Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/červo

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ker-m/w-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to turn, to bend).

Cognate with Old Prussian kērmens (body) and Sanskrit चर्मन् (cárman, skin, hide).

Noun edit

*čȇrvo n[1][2]

  1. belly
  2. intestine, gut, bowel
    Synonyms: *kyšьka, *drobina

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*červo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 82
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “чрево”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “черево”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*čȇrvo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 85: “n. o (c) ‘belly, intestine’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “červo”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (PR) / b (MP[24]) mave (PR 138; MP 24)”