Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/śirˀšō

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-s-ḗr ~ *ḱr̥h₂-s-n-ós, from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”). Cognate with Latin crābrō, English hornet.

Noun

*śirˀšō m

1. hornet

Inflection

Declension of *śirˀšō (consonant stem)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*śirˀšō	*śirˀšene	*śirˀšenes
Accusative	*śirˀšenin	*śirˀšene	*śirˀšenins
Genitive	*śirˀšenes	*śirˀšenauš?	*śirˀšenōn
Locative	*śirˀšenī	*śirˀšenauš?	*śirˀšenišu
Dative	*śirˀšenei	*śirˀšōmā	*śirˀšen(i)mas
Instrumental	*śirˀšōmi?	*śirˀšōmā	*śirˀšenimīš? -imins?
Vocative	*śirˀšō	*śirˀšene	*śirˀšōsu

Descendants

• Latgalian: šyršyns
• Latvian: sir̂senis
• Lithuanian: širšuo, šìršė
• Samogitian: širšūns
• Proto-Slavic: *sьrxy
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: сьршень (sĭršenĭ), шьршень (šĭršenĭ)
      • Belarusian: шэ́ршань (šéršanʹ)
      • Russian: ше́ршень (šéršenʹ)
      • Ukrainian: ше́ршень (šéršenʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Church Slavonic: стръшень (strŭšenĭ), сръшень (srŭšenĭ)
    • Bulgarian: стъ́ршел (stǎ́ršel), щъ́рсел (štǎ́rsel)
    • Macedonian: стршен (stršen), стршлен (stršlen)
    • Serbo-Croatian:

      Cyrillic script: ср̏ше̄н, стр̏шљен

      Latin script: sȑšen, stȑšljēn

    • Slovene: sršȅn, sršẹ̑n, sŕšen (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: sršen
      • Czech: sršeň
        • Bohemian (Chod dialect): sršán
        • Moravian (Mistřice): sršeň
    • Kashubian: szerszéń
    • Old Polish: sirszeń
      • Polish: szerszeń
    • Polabian: sarsin
    • Slovak: sršeň
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: šeršeń
      • Upper Sorbian: šeršeń
• → Proto-Finnic: *herhiläinen