Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъvila

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

Possibly, a deverbal from *sъviti (“to wrap, to turn around”).

Noun

*sъvila f^[1]

silk?, cocoon?

Declension

Declension of *sъvila (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sъvila	*sъvilě	*sъvily
genitive	*sъvily	*sъvilu	*sъvilъ
dative	*sъvilě	*sъvilama	*sъvilamъ
accusative	*sъvilǫ	*sъvilě	*sъvily
instrumental	sъvilojǫ, sъvilǫ^**	*sъvilama	*sъvilami
locative	*sъvilě	*sъvilu	sъvilasъ, sъvilaxъ^*
vocative	*sъvilo	*sъvilě	*sъvily

^* -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).

Related terms

*sъvita (“suite”) (possibly)
*sъvitъkъ (“scroll”) (possibly)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: съвила (sŭvila)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: сви́ла (svíla) (dated)
- Macedonian: свила (svila)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: сви́ла
  
  Latin script: svíla
- Slovene: svȋla (tonal orthography)

References

^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “svila”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Jslov. *s(ъ)vila̋”