Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zvьněti

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

Verbal formation related to *zvonъ (sound).[1]

Verb

*zvьněti impf[1]

  1. to ring, clank

Conjugation

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: звьнѣти (zvĭněti)
      • Old Ruthenian: звенѣ́ти (zveně́ti), звинѣ́ти (zvině́ti)
        • Belarusian: звіне́ць (zvinjécʹ)
        • Ukrainian: дзвені́ти (dzveníty), звені́ти (zveníty)
      • Russian: звене́ть (zvenétʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: звьнѣти (zvĭněti)
      Glagolitic script: ⰸⰲⱐⱀⱑⱅⰹ (zvĭněti)
    • Bulgarian: звъня́ (zvǎnjá)
    • Slovene: zvenẹ́ti
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zvьněti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 550

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “звенеть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress