Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wíršus
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“top”).
Noun
[edit]Inflection
[edit]| 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
[edit]- Latvian: virsus m (rare), virsa f
- Lithuanian: viršùs
- Proto-Slavic: *vь̃rxъ (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ^ 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)”