dě̀verь

dě̀verь Grammatical information: m. jo Accent paradigm: a (c) Proto-Slavic meaning: `husband's brother'

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Russian:

déver' `husband's brother' [m jo], dever'já [Nom p] \{1\}

Old Czech:

deveř `husband's brother' [m jo]

Old Polish:

dziewierz `husband's brother' [m jo]

Serbo-Croatian:

djȅvēr `husband's brother, best man' [m o];

Čak. dȉver (Vrgada) `husband's brother, best man' [m o];

Čak. dȅver (Orbanići) `marriage witness' [m o]

Slovene:

dẹvę̑r `husband's brother' [m jo], dẹvȇrja [Gens];

dẹ́ver `husband's brother, best man' [m o], dẹ́vera [Gens]

Bulgarian:

déver `husband's brother, best man' [m o]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: dáʔiuer-

Lithuanian:

díeveris `husband's brother' [m i] 1;

dieverìs `husband's brother' [m i] 3^a

Latvian:

diẽveris `husband's brother' [m io]

Indo-European reconstruction: deh₂i-uer-

IE meaning: husband's brother

Certainty: +

Comments: In case-forms with original stress on the suffix one expects root stress as a result of Hirt's law. This accounts for the many indications for root stress in both Baltic and Slavic.

Other cognates:

Skt. devár- `husband's brother'

;

Gk. δα̑ήρ `husband's brother'

Notes:

\{1\} AP (a) in Old Russian (Zaliznjak 1985: 138).