Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zvěrěti

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 *zvěrь (beast) +‎ *-ěti.

Verb

*zvěrěti impf[1]

  1. to become brutalized

Conjugation

  • *zvěriti (sę)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: звярэ́ць (zvjarécʹ)
    • Russian: звере́ть (zverétʹ)
    • Ukrainian: звірі́ти (zviríty)

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*obzvěrěti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 31 (*obvelčenьje – *obžьniviny), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 220