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

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.

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

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