ꙁвѣрь

See also: звѣрь

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-der.
    Proto-Balto-Slavic *źwēˀrís
    Proto-Slavic *zvě̑rь
    Old Novgorodian ꙁвѣрь (zvěrĭ)

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zvě̑rь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źwēˀrís, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-is (“wild animal”), from *ǵʰwer- (“wild”). First attested in c. 1240‒1260. Cognate with Old East Slavic звѣрь (zvěrĭ), Old Church Slavonic звѣрь (zvěrĭ), Old Polish źwierz.

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: ꙁвѣ‧рь

    Noun

    ꙁвѣрь • (zvěrĭ) m[1]

    1. (hapax legomenon) beast, wild animal
      • c. 1240‒1260, Onfim, translated by Schaeken, Jos (2019) Voices on Birchbark (SSGL; 43)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, Берестяная грамота № 199 [Birchbark letter no. 199]‎[3], Novgorod:
        ѧ ꙁвѣре
        ję zvěre
        I am a beast.

    References

    1. ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎[1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 741

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