Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/(s)kvьrъ

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

Of onomatopoeic origin. The descendants, which did not preserve the s-mobile, have undergone second palatalization of the onset cluster *kvь- > *cvь-.

Noun

*(s)kvьrъ m

1. squeak, creak

Declension

Declension of *(s)kvьrъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*(s)kvьrъ	*(s)kvьra	*(s)kvьri
genitive	*(s)kvьra	*(s)kvьru	*(s)kvьrъ
dative	*(s)kvьru	*(s)kvьroma	*(s)kvьromъ
accusative	*(s)kvьrъ	*(s)kvьra	*(s)kvьry
instrumental	*(s)kvьrъmь, *(s)kvьromь*	*(s)kvьroma	*(s)kvьry
locative	*(s)kvьrě	*(s)kvьru	*(s)kvьrěxъ
vocative	*(s)kvьre	*(s)kvьra	*(s)kvьri

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

Derived terms

• *(s)kvьrčěti (“to squeak”)
  • *(s)kvьrčěnьje (“squeaking”)
  • *(s)kvьrčь(kъ) (“cricket”)
• *svirati (“to play music, to whistle”) (possibly)
  • *svirьcь (“music player”)
  • *svirъka (“whistle”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: цвър (cvǎr)

Further reading

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