Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/širь

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

    Uncertain. Speculated to be a borrowing from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćšáytram (“land, country”) (likely via Scythian[1]), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- (“to settle, to cultivate”).

    Alternatively, it could be a dialectal derivative of Proto-Indo-European *sḱēy- (“to shine”), cognate with Proto-Slavic *ščirъ (“sincere, honest”) and Proto-Germanic *skīriz (“sheer, pure”).

    Noun

    *šȋrь f[2]

    1. expanse, stretch, extent
      Synonym: *prostorъ

    Inflection

    Declension of *širь (i-stem, uncountable)
    singular
    nominative *širь
    genitive *širi
    dative *širi
    accusative *širь
    instrumental *širьjǫ, *šiřǫ*
    locative *širi
    vocative *širi

    * 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:
      • Russian: ширь (širʹ)
      • Ukrainian: шир (šyr)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic: ширь (širĭ)
      • Bulgarian: шир (šir)
      • Macedonian: шир (šir)
      • Slovene: šȋr (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:
      • Czech: šíř, šíře
      • Old Polish: szyrz
        • Polish: (obsolete) szerz
      • Sorbian:
        Lower Sorbian: šěŕ
        Upper Sorbian: šуŕ

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ширь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

    References

    1. ^ J. Komárková, V. Blažek (2013): Scytho-Slavica (in German), Indogermanische Forschungen
    2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “širȍk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*šȋrъ”
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