Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wíršus

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 *wers- (“top”).

Noun

*wíršus m^[1]^[2]

top, peak, upper part

Inflection

Declension of *wíršus (u-stem, fixed accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*wíršus	*wíršūˀ	*wíršawes
Accusative	*wíršun	*wíršūˀ	*wíršū⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*wíršaus	*wíršawau	*wíršawōn
Locative	*wíršēuˀ	*wíršawau	*wíršušu
Dative	*wíršawei	*wíršumā⁽ˀ⁾	*wíršumas
Instrumental	*wíršūˀ (early forms)	*wíršumāˀ	*wíršumīˀs
Vocative	*wíršau	*wíršūˀ	*wíršawes

Descendants

Latgalian: vierss
Latvian: virsus m (rare), virsa f
Lithuanian: viršùs
Proto-Slavic: *vь̃rxъ (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vь̀rxъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 538: “BSl. *wirṣu(s)”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “viršus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 506: “BSl. *wirṣu(s)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vь̀rxъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 538: “BSl. *wirṣu(s)”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “viršus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 506: “BSl. *wirṣu(s)”

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