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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/śěrъ

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

Related to Proto-Slavic *śědъ (dim, gray), but beyond that of uncertain origin. Possible etymologies include:

Adjective

*śěrъ[2]

  1. gray

Alternative forms

  • *xěrъ[3][4] (pre second palatization)

Declension

See also

Colors in Proto-Slavic · *mȃsti (layout · text)
     *bělъ
(of animals) *bronъ
     *sivъ, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), *śědъ      *čьrnъ, *smaglъ/*smǫglъ
(of animals) *vornъ, *galъ
             *čьrvenъ, *ryďь, *ruměnъ              *rudъ, *granivъ; *smědъ,
(of animals) *gnědъ
             *žьltъ
(of animals) *solvъ; *polvъ
             *zelenъ              *zelenъ, *grěnъ             
                          *polvъ              *siňь; *modrъ
             *slivъ              *bagrъ             

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: сѣръ (sěrŭ), сѣрꙑи (sěryi)
    • Old Novgorodian: хѣрь (xěrĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: сѣръ (sěrŭ), possibly хѣръ (xěrŭ) (name of letter Х in the Old Cyrillic script)
    • Bulgarian: сяр (sjar) (archaic), dial. сер (ser)
    • Macedonian:
    • Slovene: sẹ̑r (tonal orthography) (archaic)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: šěrý
    • Kashubian: szari
    • Old Polish: szary
    • Slovak: šerý
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: šěry
      • Lower Sorbian: šery

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), серый”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), серый”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 158
  • Todorov, T. A.; Racheva, M., editors (2010), сяр (сѣръ)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 725

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*haira-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 201
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008), *śěrъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 447: “adj. o ‘grey’”
  3. Olander, Thomas (2001), xěrъ xěra xěro”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a? grå (PR 133)”
  4. Snoj, Marko (2016), ser”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*xě̑rъ”
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