Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tetervь

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *teterwás.

Noun

*tȅtervь m

1. grouse
2. black grouse

Declension

Declension of *tȅtervь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tȅtervь	*tȅtervi	*tȅtervьjē, *tȅtervľē*
genitive	*teterví	*tetervьjù, *tetervľu*	*tetervь̀jь
dative	*tȅtervi	*tetervьmà	*tȅtervьmъ
accusative	*tȅtervь	*tȅtervi	*tȅtervi
instrumental	*tȅtervьmь	*tetervьmà	*tetervьmì
locative	*teterví	*tetervьjù, *tetervľu*	*tȅtervьxъ
vocative	*tetervi	*tȅtervi	*tȅtervьjē, *tȅtervľē*

^* 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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: тетеревь (teterevĭ)
    • ⇒ Belarusian: цецяру́к (cjecjarúk)
    • Russian: те́терев (téterev)
    • Ukrainian: те́терев (téterev), ⇒ тетеру́к (teterúk)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: тетрѣвь (tetrěvĭ) (Златоструй, 12^th century)
  • Bulgarian: те́трев (tétrev)
  • Macedonian: тетреб (tetreb)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: те̏трије̄б, те̏тре̄б

    Latin script: tȅtrijēb, tȅtrēb

  • Slovene: tetrẹ̑v (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: tetřev
  • Kashubian: cetrzéw
  • Polish: cietrzew
  • Slovak: tetrov
  • Sorbian:

    Upper Sorbian: ćećor, ćećorka