Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svekry
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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-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂. Indo-Iranian cognates include Sanskrit श्वश्रू (śvaśrū́) and Pashto خواښې (xwāśe, “mother-in-law”). Akin to Latin socrus (“mother-in-law”).
Noun edit
*svekrỳ f
- woman's mother-in-law (husband's mother)
Declension edit
Declension of *svekrỳ (v-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *svekrỳ | *svekrъ̀vi | *svekrъ̀vi |
| genitive | *svekrъ̀ve | *svekrъ̀vu | *svekrъ̀vъ |
| dative | *svekrъ̀vi | *svekrъ̀vьma, *svekrъ̀vama* | *svekrъ̀vьmъ, *svekrъ̀vamъ* |
| accusative | *svekrъ̀vь | *svekrъ̀vi | *svekrъ̀vi |
| instrumental | *svekrъ̀vьjǫ, *svekrъ̀vľǭ** | *svekrъ̀vьma, *svekrъ̀vama* | *svekrъ̀vьmī, *svekrъ̀vamī* |
| locative | *svekrъ̀ve | *svekrъ̀vu | *svekrъ̀vьxъ, *svekrъ̀vaxъ* |
| vocative | *svekrỳ | *svekrъ̀vi | *svekrъ̀vi |
* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
See also edit
Proto-Slavic family terms
| *sěmьja, *rodina (“family”) | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| parent | *otъ, *otьcь (“father”) nursery: *tata |
*mati (“mother”) nursery: *mama |
| sibling | *bratrъ (“brother”) | *sestra (“sister”) |
| child | *synъ (“son”) | *dъťi (“daughter”) |
| grandparent | – (“grandfather”) nursery: *dědъ; *nana |
*ova (“grandmother”) nursery: *baba; *nena |
| grandchild | *vъnukъ (“grandson”) | *vъnuka (“granddaughter”) |
| stepparent | *otьčimъ (“stepfather”) | *maťexa (“stepmother”) |
| stepchild | *pastorъkъ (“stepson”) | *pastorъka (“stepdaughter”) |
| father's sibling | *strъjь (“paternal uncle”) nursery: *dada; *lola |
– (“paternal aunt”) nursery: *teta; *lelja |
| mother's sibling | *ujь (“maternal uncle”) nursery: *dada; *lola |
– (“maternal aunt”) nursery: *teta; *lelja |
| sibling's child | *netьjь (“nephew”) | *nestera (“niece”) |
| spouse | *mǫžь (“husband”) | *žena (“wife”) |
| parent of wife | *tьstь (“father-in-law (wife's father)”) | *tьšča (“mother-in-law (wife's mother)”) |
| parent of husband | *svekrъ (“father-in-law (husband's father)”) | *svekry (“mother-in-law (husband's father)”) |
| sibling of wife | *šurь (“brother-in-law (wife's brother)”) | *svěstь, *svьstь (“sister-in-law (wife's sister)”) |
| sibling of husband | *děverь (“brother-in-law (husband's brother)”) | *zъly (“sister-in-law (husband's sister)”) |
| spouse of child | *zętь (“son-in-law (daughter's husband)”) | *snъxa (“daughter-in-law (son's wife)”) |
| spouse of husband's brother | – | *ętry (“sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)”) |
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Bulgarian: свекъ́рва (svekǎ́rva)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: svẹ̑krva (tonal orthography), svẹ̑krv (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
References edit
- ^ František Št. Kott (1882) “svekrev”, in Česko-německý slovník zvláště grammaticko-fraseologický (in Czech), Prague: František Šimáček, page 789
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 475
- Verweij, Arno (1994) “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)[1], volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 521