Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sьrdьce

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

From earlier *sьrdь +‎ *-ьce, an extension of Proto-Balto-Slavic *śḗr, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

Noun

*sь̑rdьce n^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

heart

Inflection

Declension of *sьrdьcè (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sьrdьcè	*sьrdь̀ci	*sьrdь̀ca
genitive	*sьrdьcà	*sьrdьcu	*sьrdь̀cь
dative	*sьrdьcù	*sьrdьcema	*sьrdь̀cemъ
accusative	*sьrdьcè	*sьrdь̀ci	*sьrdь̀ca
instrumental	sьrdьcь̀mь, sьrdьcèmь^*	*sьrdьcema	*sьrdь̀ci
locative	*sьrdьcì	*sьrdьcu	*sьrdь̀cixъ
vocative	*sьrdьcè	*sьrdь̀ci	*sьrdь̀ca

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Declension of *sь̑rdьce (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sь̑rdьce	*sь̑rdьci	*sьrdьcà
genitive	*sь̑rdьca	*sьrdьcù	*sьrdь̀cь
dative	*sь̑rdьcu	*sьrdьcemà	*sьrdьcémъ
accusative	*sь̑rdьce	*sь̑rdьci	*sьrdьcà
instrumental	sь̑rdьcьmь, sь̑rdьcemь^*	*sьrdьcemà	*sьrdьcí
locative	*sь̑rdьci	*sьrdьcù	*sьrdьcíxъ
vocative	*sь̑rdьce	*sь̑rdьci	*sьrdьcà

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

*milosьrdъ (“merciful, compassionate”)
*osьrdьcь
*osьrdьčati
*osьrdьje
*osьrdьnъ
*osьrdъkъ
*sьrditi (“to make angry”)
- *nasьrditi
- *osьrditi
- *sьrditъ (“sullen, irate”)
- *sьrdъla m
- *sьrdъľo n (“brat, one who sulks”)

Related terms

*serdà (“middle”)
*sьrdьčьnъ (“heartfelt”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сь́рдьце́ (sĭ́rdĭcé)
  - Old Ruthenian: се́рдце (sérdce)
    - Belarusian: сэ́рца (sérca); се́рца (sjérca) (dialectal)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: се́рдце (sérdce)
    - Ukrainian: се́рце (sérce)
  - Russian: се́рдце (sérdce); се́реце (sérece) (dialectal)
- Old Novgorodian: сердьце (serdĭće)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: срьдьце (srĭdĭce)
  
  Glagolitic: ⱄⱃⱐⰴⱐⱌⰵ (srĭdĭce)
- Bulgarian: сърце (sǎrce) (pre 1945 orthography сърдцe)
- Macedonian: срце (srce)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ср̏це
  
  Latin script: sȑce
- Slovene: srcẹ̑ (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: srdce
  - Czech: srdce
- Old Polish: serce, sierce, sirce, sirdce
  - Polish: serce
  - Silesian: serce
- Old Slovak: serdce, serdco, sirdce, sirdco, srdce, srdco
  - Pannonian Rusyn: шерцо (šerco)
  - Slovak: srdce
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: serce
  - Slovincian: serdcê, serdcô
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: serce

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sь̏rdьce”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485: “n. jo (c) ‘heart’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “sьrdьce”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b/c hjerte (PR 135)”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “srcẹ̑”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*sь̑rdьce”
^ Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎^[2], University of Vienna, page 9: “*sь̑rdьce”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sь̏rdьce”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485: “n. jo (c) ‘heart’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “sьrdьce”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b/c hjerte (PR 135)”

[3] Snoj, Marko (2016) “srcẹ̑”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*sь̑rdьce”

[4] Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎^[2], University of Vienna, page 9: “*sь̑rdьce”

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