Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věra

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 *wēˀrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁reh₂, from *weh₁- (true).[1]

    Noun

    *vě̀ra f[1]

    1. faith, belief

    Inflection

    Declension of *vě̀ra (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *vě̀ra *vě̀rě *vě̀ry
    genitive *vě̀ry *vě̀ru *vě̀rъ
    dative *vě̀rě *vě̀rama *vě̀ramъ
    accusative *vě̀rǫ *vě̀rě *vě̀ry
    instrumental *vě̀rojǫ, *vě̀rǭ** *vě̀rama *vě̀ramī
    locative *vě̀rě *vě̀ru *vě̀rasъ, *vě̀raxъ*
    vocative *vě̀ro *vě̀rě *vě̀ry

    * -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
    ** 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).

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: вѣра (věra)
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “vě̀ra”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 520

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “вера”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “вера”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 141
    • Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “вера”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa