Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sьrdьce

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

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From earlier *sьrdьko, from *sьrd- +‎ *-ьce, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śird- / *śirˀd-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥d- (“heart”)

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian širdis f (“heart”), Latvian sirds f (“heart”), Old Prussian seyr (“heart”)

Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit हृद् (hṛd), हृदय (hṛdaya, “heart”), Old Armenian սիրտ (sirt), Hittite [script needed] (kard (kardi-), “heart”), Ancient Greek κῆρ n (kêr), καρδία (kardía), κραδίη (kradíē), Latin cor (gen. cordis), Old Irish cride, Proto-Germanic *hertô (> English heart)

Noun

*sь̑rdьce n

1. heart

Declension

Declension of *sь̑rdьce (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sь̑rdьce	*sь̑rdьci	*sьrdьcà
genitive	*sь̑rdьca	*sьrdьcù	*sьrdь̀cь
dative	*sь̑rdьcu	*sьrdьcemà	*sьrdьcémъ
accusative	*sь̑rdьce	*sь̑rdьci	*sьrdьcà
instrumental	*sь̑rdьcьmь, *sь̑rdьcemь*	*sьrdьcemà	*sьrdьcí
locative	*sь̑rdьci	*sьrdьcù	*sьrdьcíxъ
vocative	*sь̑rdьce	*sь̑rdьci	*sьrdьcà

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *serdà (“middle”)

Derived terms

(*sьrd-)

• *milosьrdъ (“merciful, compassionate”)
• *osьrdъkъ
• *osьrdьcь
• *osьrdьje
• *osьrdьnъ
• *sьrditi (“to make angry”)
  • *nasьrditi
    • *nasьrdъka / *nasьrdъkъ
    • *nasьrdьje
  • *osьrditi

(*sьrdьce)

• *osьrdьčati

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сьрдьце (sĭrdĭce)
    • Russian: се́рдце (sérdce)
    • Ukrainian: се́рце (sérce)

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: срьдьце (srĭdĭce)

    Glagolitic: ⱄⱃⱐⰴⱐⱌⰵ (srĭdĭce)

  • Bulgarian: сърце (sǎrce)
  • Macedonian: срце (srce)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: ср̏це

    Roman: sȑce

  • Slovene: srcé

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: srdce
  • Kashubian: serce
  • Old Polish: sierce, sirce
    • Polish: serce
      • → Belarusian: сэ́рца (sérca)
  • Slovak: srdce
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: serce

References

• Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 448
• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 485
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сердце”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

vol=2 Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “сердце”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN

• Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “сердце”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa

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