Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skvara

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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

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Etymology

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Possibly related to Proto-Slavic *skverti (to blemish, to thaw) or via s-mobile to Proto-Slavic *kvara (taint, deformity), *kuriti (to smoke), *kura (duststorm, blizzard) (in East Slavic). Vasmer does not exclude onomatopoeic origin (cf. Proto-Slavic *(s)kvьrъ (creak)).

Noun

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*skvara f

  1. conflagration, scorch
  2. (by extension) fume, haze (from pyre, bonfire)
    Synonym: *čadъ

Alternative forms

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Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сква́ра”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “сквар”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 268
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “cvrẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si