Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъvorьnь

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 *sъverti, from *sъ(n) + *verti, *verati.

Noun

*sъvorьnь m

1. bolt, pin

Inflection

Declension of *sъvorьnь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sъvorьnь	*sъvorьni	*sъvorьnьje, *sъvorьňe*
genitive	*sъvorьni	*sъvorьnьju, *sъvorьňu*	*sъvorьnьjь, *sъvorьni*
dative	*sъvorьni	*sъvorьnьma	*sъvorьnьmъ
accusative	*sъvorьnь	*sъvorьni	*sъvorьni
instrumental	*sъvorьnьmь	*sъvorьnьma	*sъvorьnьmi
locative	*sъvorьni	*sъvorьnьju, *sъvorьňu*	*sъvorьnьxъ
vocative	*sъvorьni	*sъvorьni	*sъvorьnьje, *sъvorьňe*

^* 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).

Related terms

noun

• *sъvora

 

verb

• *sъverti

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: шво́рень (švórenʹ), шво́ренъ (švóren), шкво́рень (škvórenʹ)
    • Belarusian: шво́ран (švóran); шво́рун (švórun) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: шво́рінь (švórinʹ); сві́рень (svírenʹ), сво́рень (svórenʹ), сво́рінь (svórinʹ), шві́рень (švírenʹ), шкво́рень (škvórenʹ) (dialectal)
    • → Bulgarian: шво́рен (švóren) (dialectal, Odessa Oblast in Ukraine)
  • Russian: шкво́рень (škvórenʹ); шво́рень (švórenʹ), шво́рунь (švórunʹ), шкво́рунь (škvórunʹ) (dialectal)
  • ⇒ Old East Slavic: съвора (sŭvora)
    • Ukrainian: свора (svora) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: svořeň, zvořeň (dialectal)
  • Polish: sworzeń
  • Slovak: svoreň

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шво́рень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “шво́рінь”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 400