Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grěvъ

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 *grěti (“to heat, to shine”) +‎ *-vъ. The etymon is not directly attested; however, it has survived as a lemma in several derivative nouns.

Noun

*grěvъ m

1. shining
2. warmth

Inflection

Declension of *grěvъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*grěvъ	*grěva	*grěvi
genitive	*grěva	*grěvu	*grěvъ
dative	*grěvu	*grěvoma	*grěvomъ
accusative	*grěvъ	*grěva	*grěvy
instrumental	*grěvъmь, *grěvomь*	*grěvoma	*grěvy
locative	*grěvě	*grěvu	*grěvěxъ
vocative	*grěve	*grěva	*grěvi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *jьzgrěvъ (“sunrise”)
• *ogrěvъ (“hearth, wood for burning”)
• *podъgrěvъ (“fuel for igniting fire”)
• *nagrěvъ (“heat”)
• *grěvъka (“warming”) (diminutive)
  • *sъgrěvъka (“warming”)
  • *podъgrěvъka (“stretching, warm-up”)
  • *zagrěvъka (“warm-up”)

Related terms

• *grěti (“to heat, to shine”)
• *grěvati (“to warm up”)
• *ogrěvadlo (“heater (tool)”)
• *nagrěvateljь (“heater (agent)”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: -грев (-grev)
    • Russian: нагрев (nagrev)
    • Russian: обогрев (obogrev)
    • Russian: подогрев (podogrev)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
  • Bulgarian: изгрев (izgrev), огрев (ogrev)
  • Macedonian: огрев (ogrev)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: о̏грев

    Latin script: ȍgrev

• West Slavic: —

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2000), “*obgrěva, *obgrěvъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 27 (*obgordja/*obgordjь – *oblězati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 34