Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zvěrь

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 *źwēˀrís, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-.

Noun

*zvě̑rь m[1][2]

wild animal, beast

Declension

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Derived terms

*zvěrę (“baby animal”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: звѣрь (zvěrĭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: звѣръ (zvěr), звиръ (zvir)
    - Belarusian: звер (zvjer); зьвер (zʹvjer) (Taraškievica orthography)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: звірь (zvirʹ)
    - Ukrainian: звір (zvir)
  - Russian: зверь (zverʹ), звѣрь (zvěrʹ)
    - → Ingrian: zveeri
    - → Komi-Zyrian: зверь (zver)
- Old Novgorodian: ꙁвѣрь (zvěrĭ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: звѣрь (zvěrĭ)
- Bulgarian: звяр (zvjar)
- Macedonian: ѕвер (dzver)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: зве̑р, звије̑р
  
  Latin: zvȇr, zvijȇr
- Slovene: zvẹ̑r (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: zvěř, zvíře
- Kashubian: zwiérz
- Polish: zwierz, zwierzę
- Slovak: zver, zviera
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: zwěrje
  - Upper Sorbian: zwěrjo

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zvě̑rь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 549: “m. i (c) ‘wild animal’”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “zvěrь zvěri”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 25, 28ff., 33, 71, 156, 243; PR 138; RPT 98)”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zvě̑rь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 549: “m. i (c) ‘wild animal’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “zvěrь zvěri”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 25, 28ff., 33, 71, 156, 243; PR 138; RPT 98)”