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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьrvъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *pírˀwas, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂wós.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian pìrmas (first; primary), Latvian pìrmaĩs, Old Prussian pirmas (first).

Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit पूर्व (pū́rva, foremost, first, previous), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬬𐬀‎ (paurva-), 𐬞𐬀𐬊𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬫𐬀 (paouruya-), 𐬞𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬭𐬫𐬀 (paoirya-, first), Old Persian [script needed] (paruva-), Albanian parë (first), Tocharian A pärwat, Tocharian B pärweṣṣe (first), Old English forwost (first, (ring)leader).

Adjective

Proto-Slavic numbers (edit)
10
1 2   
    Cardinal: *edinъ
    Ordinal: *pьrvъ
    Adverbial: *edino šьdy, *edьnojьťi
    Multiplier: *edinakъ

*pьrvъ [1]

  1. first

Declension

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: прьвъ (prĭvŭ), прьвꙑи (prĭvyi)
      Glagolitic: ⱂⱃⱐⰲⱏ (prĭvŭ)
    • Bulgarian: пъ́рви (pǎ́rvi)
    • Macedonian: прв (prv)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: пр̑вӣ
      Latin: pȓvī
      • Istro-Romanian: prvi
    • Slovene: pȓvi

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*pьrvъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 430: “num. o ‘first’”
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