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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьvorъ

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-Indo-European *kew- / *kow- / *ku- +‎ *-orъ.

Compare Bulgarian чекор (čekor, “bough”), Serbo-Croatian кос-ор (“cultri genus”), Proto-Slavic *stob-orъ, *gov-orъ (“talk”).

Noun

*čьvorъ m

  1. bough
  2. knot

Declension
Declension of *čьvorъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *čьvorъ *čьvora *čьvori
genitive *čьvora *čьvoru *čьvorъ
dative *čьvoru *čьvoroma *čьvoromъ
accusative *čьvorъ *čьvora *čьvory
instrumental *čьvorъmь, *čьvoromь* *čьvoroma *čьvory
locative *čьvorě *čьvoru *čьvorěxъ
vocative *čьvore *čьvora *čьvori
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic: —
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: чвор (čvor, “bough; knot”)
    • Macedonian: чвор (čvor, “small bough, bough; knot”)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: чво̑р (“knot; bough”)
      Latin script: čvȏr
    • Slovene: čvòr (“bough; knot (in wood)”)
  • West Slavic: —

References
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čьvorъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 179
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