Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьvanъ

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 1

Noun

*čьvanъ m

1. Alternative form of *čьbanъ (“jug, pitcher”)

Declension

Declension of *čьvanъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*čьvanъ	*čьvana	*čьvani
genitive	*čьvana	*čьvanu	*čьvanъ
dative	*čьvanu	*čьvanoma	*čьvanomъ
accusative	*čьvanъ	*čьvana	*čьvany
instrumental	*čьvanъmь, *čьvanomь*	*čьvanoma	*čьvanȳ
locative	*čьvaně	*čьvanu	*čьvaně̄xъ
vocative	*čьvane	*čьvana	*čьvani

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • ⇒ Old Ruthenian: чва́нецъ (čvánecʹ)
    • Ukrainian: чва́нець (čvánecʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Church Slavonic: чьванъ (čĭvanŭ)
  • ⇒ Bulgarian: чва́ница (čvánica)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: чва̏н

    Latin script: čvȁn

Etymology 2

Substantivized n-participle of *čьvati (“to booster”) +‎ *-anъ. ESSJa distinguish the two meanings.

Adjective

*čьvanъ

1. (East and possibly South Slavic) presumptuous, arrogant
2. (Lechitic) sly, cunning

Declension

Declension of *čьvanъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*čьvanъ	*čьvana	*čьvani
genitive	*čьvana	*čьvanu	*čьvanъ
dative	*čьvanu	*čьvanoma	*čьvanomъ
accusative	*čьvanъ	*čьvana	*čьvany
instrumental	*čьvanъmь, *čьvanomь*	*čьvanoma	*čьvany
locative	*čьvaně	*čьvanu	*čьvaněxъ
vocative	*čьvane	*čьvana	*čьvani

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

Derived terms

• *čьvaniti (sę) (causative-iterative verb)
• *čьvanь, *čьvanьstvo (abstract nouns)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: чьванъ (čĭvanŭ)
    • ⇒ Russian: чва́нный (čvánnyj)
    • ⇒ Ukrainian: чванни́й (čvannýj)
• South Slavic:
  • >? Slovene: čvȃnj m, čvánja f (“drunkard”)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: cwany (“sly, cunning”)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чван”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čьvanъ I, *čьvanъ II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 178