Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tvorъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *twaras, from Proto-Indo-European *tworHos, equivalent to *tvoriti +‎ *-ъ. Cognate with Lithuanian ãp-tvaras, Ancient Greek σορός (sorós, “urn”).

Noun

*tvȍrъ m^[1]

creation, creature

Declension

Declension of *tvȍrъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tvȍrъ	*tvȍra	*tvȍri
genitive	*tvȍra	*tvorù	*tvòrъ
dative	*tvȍru	*tvoromà	*tvoròmъ
accusative	*tvȍrъ	*tvȍra	*tvȍry
instrumental	tvȍrъmь, tvȍromь^*	*tvoromà	*tvorý
locative	*tvȍrě	*tvorù	*tvorě̃xъ
vocative	*tvore	*tvȍra	*tvȍri

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

Related terms

*tvoriti (“to make”)
*tvȃrь (“creation, creature”)
*tvь̑rdъ (“firm, hard, solid”)
*tvьrdь (“citadel, firmament”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: творъ (tvorŭ)
  - Ukrainian: твір (tvir)
  - Belarusian: твор (tvor)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: творъ (tvorŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱅⰲⱁⱃⱏ (tvorŭ)
- Slovene: tvor
- Serbo-Croatian: ство̏р
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: tvor
  - Czech: tvor
- Polish: twór
- Slovak: tvor

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*tvȏrъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 501

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*tvȏrъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 501

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