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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zvonъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Pokorny reconstructs the root as *ǵʰwon- (whence Albanian zë), however Derksen holds that the root *swenh₂- (whence Latin sonus) must be considered a serious alternative.

Noun

*zvȏnъ m

  1. sound

Declension
Declension of *zvonъ (hard o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *zvonъ *zvona *zvoni
Accusative *zvonъ *zvona *zvony
Genitive *zvona *zvonu *zvonъ
Locative *zvoně *zvonu *zvoněxъ
Dative *zvonu *zvonoma *zvonomъ
Instrumental *zvonъmь, *zvonomь* *zvonoma *zvony
Vocative *zvone *zvona *zvoni
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: звонъ (zvonŭ)
      Unspecified: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: звъ̀н (zvǎ̀n)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: зво̏н
      Latin: zvȍn
    • Slovene: zvon
  • West Slavic:
  • Non-Slavic:
    • → Lithuanian: zvãnas
    • → Latvian: zvans

Further reading
  • Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zvȏnъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 550
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “звон”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
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