Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-erъ

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 *-er-.

Suffix

*-erъ m

1. Denominal, from the root, forming nouns denoting male creature.

   *gǫsь (“goose”) → *gǫserъ (“gander (male goose)”)

   *kotъ (“cat”) → *koťerъ (“tomcat (male cat)”)

   *maca (“cat, pussy”) → *mačerъ (“tomcat (male cat)”)

   *myšь (“mouse”) → *myšerъ

Declension

Declension of *-erъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-erъ	*-era	*-eri
genitive	*-era	*-eru	*-erъ
dative	*-eru	*-eroma	*-eromъ
accusative	*-erъ	*-era	*-ery
instrumental	*-erъmь, *-eromь*	*-eroma	*-ery
locative	*-erě	*-eru	*-erěxъ
vocative	*-ere	*-era	*-eri

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

See also

• *ovьnъ, *kozьlъ

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-erъ

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gǫserъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 82
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kotjerъ / *kotjurъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 207
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*mačerъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 116
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*myšera / *myšerъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 59