Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tvorъ

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-Balto-Slavic *twaras, from Proto-Indo-European *tworHos, equivalent to *tvoriti +‎ *-ъ. Cognate with Lithuanian ãp-tvaras, Ancient Greek σορός (sorós, “urn”).

Noun

*tvȍrъ m

1. creation, creature

Declension

Declension of *tvȍrъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tvȍrъ	*tvȍra	*tvȍri
genitive	*tvȍra	*tvorù	*tvòrъ
dative	*tvȍru	*tvoromà	*tvoròmъ
accusative	*tvȍrъ	*tvȍra	*tvȍry
instrumental	*tvȍrъmь, *tvȍromь*	*tvoromà	*tvorý
locative	*tvȍrě	*tvorù	*tvorě̃xъ
vocative	*tvore	*tvȍra	*tvȍri

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *tvoriti (“to make”)
• *tvȃrь (“creation, creature”)
• *tvь̑rdъ (“firm, hard, solid”)
• *tvьrdь (“citadel, firmament”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: творъ (tvorŭ)
    • Ukrainian: твір (tvir)
    • Belarusian: твор (tvor)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: творъ (tvorŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱅⰲⱁⱃⱏ (tvorŭ)

  • Slovene: tvor
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: tvor
    • Czech: tvor
  • Polish: twór
  • Slovak: tvor