Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dvьrь

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 *dwírs, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-.[1]

    Noun

    *dvь̀rь f[1][2]

    1. door

    Declension

    Declension of *dvь̀rь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *dvь̀rь *dvьrì *dvьrì
    genitive *dvь̀ri *dvь̀rьju, *dvьřu* *dvьrь̀jь, *dvь̀ri*
    dative *dvьrì *dvь̀rьma *dvьrь̀mъ
    accusative *dvь̀rь *dvьrì *dvьrì
    instrumental *dvь̀rьjǫ, *dvь̀řǫ* *dvь̀rьma *dvь̀rьmī
    locative *dvь̀ri *dvь̀rьju, *dvьřu* *dvьrь̀xъ
    vocative *dvьri *dvьrì *dvьrì

    * 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

    Further reading

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

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dvьrь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 128:f. i (b) ‘door’
    2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “dvьrь dvьri”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b (SA 21, 148, 199; IRU 79, 94; PR 136)