Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wékeras

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 *wek(ʷ)speros (“evening”) or Proto-Indo-European *we(s)kʷeros (“evening”).

Noun

*wékeras m^[1]^[2]^[3]

evening

Inflection

Declension of *wékeras (o-stem, fixed accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*wékeras	*wékerōˀ	*wékerai⁽ˀ⁾
Accusative	*wékeran	*wékerōˀ	*wékerō⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*wékerā	*wékerāu⁽ˀ⁾	*wékerōn
Locative	*wékerai	*wékerāu⁽ˀ⁾	*wékeraišu
Dative	*wékerōi	*wékeramā⁽ˀ⁾	*wékeramas
Instrumental	*wékerōˀ	*wékeramāˀ	*wékerōis
Vocative	*wékere	*wékerōˀ	*wékerai⁽ˀ⁾

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latvian: vakars
- Lithuanian: vãkaras
Proto-Slavic: *vȅčerъ (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vȅčerъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 513: “BSl. *wekeros”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “vakaras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485: “BSL *wekeros”
^ Nikolajev, S. L. (2012) “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 161

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vȅčerъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 513: “BSl. *wekeros”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “vakaras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485: “BSL *wekeros”

[3] Nikolajev, S. L. (2012) “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 161

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