Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/bébrus

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus

Proto-Balto-Slavic *bébrus

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus.

Alternative forms

• *bábrus (Latgalian and Proto-Slavic)

Noun

*bébrus

1. beaver

Descendants

• East Baltic
  • Latgalian: babrys m, babrīne f
  • Latvian: bebrs, bebris (dialectal)
  • Lithuanian: bẽbras
  • Samogitian: bėbros
• West Baltic
  • Old Prussian: bebrus
• Proto-Slavic: *bebrъ, *bьbrъ (< *bebrъ), *bobrъ, (see there for further descendants)