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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/širь

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

Uncertain. Speculated to be a borrowing from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćšáytram (“land, country”) (likely via Scythian[1]), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- (“to settle, to cultivate”). Alternatively, it could be a dialectal derivative of Proto-Indo-European *sḱēy- (“to shine”), cognate with Proto-Slavic *ščirъ (“sincere, honest”) and Proto-Germanic *skīriz (“sheer, pure”).

Noun

*šȋrь f[2]

  1. vast, scope
    Synonym: *prostorъ

Inflection
Declension of *širь (i-stem, uncountable)
Singular
Nominative *širь
Accusative *širь
Genitive *širi
Locative *širi
Dative *širi
Instrumental *širьjǫ, *šiřǫ*
Vocative *širi
* 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).
  • *širъ (“vast, broad”)
  • *širokъ (“wide”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: ширь (širʹ)
    • Ukrainian: шир (šyr)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: ширь (širĭ)
    • Bulgarian: шир (šir)
    • Macedonian: шир (šir)
    • Slovene: šȋr (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: šíř
    • Old Polish: szyrz
      • Polish: szerz (obsolete)
    • Slovak: šir
    • Sorbian:
      Lower Sorbian: šěŕ
      Upper Sorbian: šуŕ

Further reading

References
  1. J. Komárková, V. Blažek (2013): Scytho-Slavica (in German), Indogermanische Forschungen
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), “širȍk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*šȋrъ”
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