Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věra

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 *wēˀrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁reh₂, from *weh₁- (“true”).[1]

Noun

*vě̀ra f[1]

  1. faith, belief

Inflection

Declension of *vě̀ra (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *vě̀ra *vě̀rě *vě̀ry
genitive *vě̀ry *vě̀ru *vě̀rъ
dative *vě̀rě *vě̀rama *vě̀ramъ
accusative *vě̀rǫ *vě̀rě *vě̀ry
instrumental *vě̀rojǫ, *vě̀rǭ** *vě̀rama *vě̀ramī
locative *vě̀rě *vě̀ru *vě̀rasъ, *vě̀raxъ*
vocative *vě̀ro *vě̀rě *vě̀ry

* -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).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вѣра (věra)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “vě̀ra”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 520

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вера”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “вера”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 141
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “вера”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
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