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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wī́ˀras

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós, with accent retraction due to Hirt's law.[1]

Noun

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*wī́ˀras m

  1. man, male

Inflection

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Declension of *wī́ˀras (o-stem, fixed accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *wī́ˀras *wī́ˀrōˀ *wī́ˀrai(ˀ)
Accusative *wī́ˀran *wī́ˀrōˀ *wī́ˀrō(ˀ)ns
Genitive *wī́ˀrā *wī́ˀrāu(ˀ) *wī́ˀrōn
Locative *wī́ˀrai *wī́ˀrāu(ˀ) *wī́ˀraišu
Dative *wī́ˀrōi *wī́ˀramā(ˀ) *wī́ˀramas
Instrumental *wī́ˀrōˀ *wī́ˀramāˀ *wī́ˀrōis
Vocative *wī́ˀre *wī́ˀrōˀ *wī́ˀrai(ˀ)

Descendants

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  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: veirs
    • Latvian: vīrs
    • Lithuanian: výras
    • Samogitian: vīrs
  • West Baltic:

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “vyras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 505