Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svekry

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-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂. Indo-Iranian cognates include Sanskrit श्वश्रू (śvaśrū́) and Pashto خواښې‎ (xwāśe, “mother-in-law”). Akin to Latin socrus (“mother-in-law”).

Noun

*svekrỳ f

woman's mother-in-law (husband's mother)

Declension

Declension of *svekrỳ (v-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*svekrỳ	*svekrъ̀vi	*svekrъ̀vi
Accusative	*svekrъ̀vь	*svekrъ̀vi	*svekrъ̀vi
Genitive	*svekrъ̀ve	*svekrъ̀vu	*svekrъ̀vъ
Locative	*svekrъ̀ve	*svekrъ̀vu	svekrъ̀vьxъ, svekrъ̀vaxъ^*
Dative	*svekrъ̀vi	svekrъ̀vьma, svekrъ̀vama^*	svekrъ̀vьmъ, svekrъ̀vamъ^*
Instrumental	svekrъ̀vьjǫ, svekrъ̀vľǭ^**	svekrъ̀vьma, svekrъ̀vama^*	svekrъ̀vьmī, svekrъ̀vamī^*
Vocative	*svekrỳ	*svekrъ̀vi	*svekrъ̀vi

^* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
^** 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).

sěmьja, rodina (“family”)	Male	Female
parent	otъ, otьcь (“father”) nursery: *tata	mati (“mother”) nursery:* *mama
sibling	*bratrъ (“brother”)	*sestra (“sister”)
child	*synъ (“son”)	*dъťi (“daughter”)
grandparent	– (“grandfather”) nursery: dědъ; nana	ova (“grandmother”) nursery:* baba; nena
grandchild	*vъnukъ (“grandson”)	*vъnuka (“granddaughter”)
stepparent	*otьčimъ (“stepfather”)	*maťexa (“stepmother”)
stepchild	*pastorъkъ (“stepson”)	*pastorъka (“stepdaughter”)
father's sibling	strъjь (“paternal uncle”) nursery:* dada; lola	– (“paternal aunt”) nursery: teta; lelja
mother's sibling	ujь (“maternal uncle”) nursery:* dada; lola	– (“maternal aunt”) nursery: teta; lelja
sibling's child	*netьjь (“nephew”)	*nestera (“niece”)
spouse	*mǫžь (“husband”)	*žena (“wife”)
parent of wife	*tьstь (“father-in-law (wife's father)”)	*tьšča (“mother-in-law (wife's mother)”)
parent of husband	*svekrъ (“father-in-law (husband's father)”)	*svekry (“mother-in-law (husband's father)”)
sibling of wife	*šurь (“brother-in-law (wife's brother)”)	svěstь, svьstь (“sister-in-law (wife's sister)”)
sibling of husband	*děverь (“brother-in-law (husband's brother)”)	*zъly (“sister-in-law (husband's sister)”)
spouse of child	*zętь (“son-in-law (daughter's husband)”)	*snъxa (“daughter-in-law (son's wife)”)
spouse of husband's brother	–	*ętry (“sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: свекрꙑ (svekry)
  - Belarusian: свякро́ў (svjakróŭ), свякру́ха (svjakrúxa)
  - Russian: свекро́вь (svekróvʹ), свекру́ха (svekrúxa)
  - Ukrainian: свекру́ха (svekrúxa)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: свекрꙑ (svekry)
  
  Glagolitic: ⱄⰲⰵⰽⱃⱏⰹ (svekry)
- Bulgarian: свекъ́рва (svekǎ́rva)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: све̏крва
  
  Latin: svȅkrva
- Slovene: svẹ̑krva (tonal orthography), svẹ̑krv (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: svekrev (archaic)
- Old Polish: świekry
  - Polish: świekra (archaic)
- Slovak: svokra

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 475
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