Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/źwēˀrís

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 *ǵʰwer-der.
    Proto-Balto-Slavic *źwēˀrís

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰweh₁r- + *-is, from *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”).[1][2]

    Noun

    *źwēˀrís m[3][1][2][4]

    1. wild animal, beast

    Inflection

    Declension of *źwēˀrís (i-stem, mobile accent)
    Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative *źwēˀrís *źwḗˀrīˀ *źwḗˀrejes
    Accusative *źwḗˀrin *źwḗˀrīˀ *źwḗˀrī(ˀ)ns
    Genitive *źwēˀréis *źwēˀrejáu *źwēˀrejṓn
    Locative *źwēˀrḗiˀ *źwēˀrejáu *źwēˀríšu
    Dative *źwḗˀrei *źwēˀrímā(ˀ) *źwēˀrímas
    Instrumental *źwḗˀrīˀ (early forms) *źwēˀrímāˀ *źwēˀrímīˀs
    Vocative *źwēˀréi *źwḗˀrīˀ *źwḗˀrejes
    adjectives
    nouns

    Descendants

    • East Baltic:
      • Latgalian: zviers
      • Latvian: zvêrs
      • Old Lithuanian: žweris, žwieris, zweris (since 1565–1573)[5]
    • West Baltic:
      • Old Prussian: swīrins (acc. pl.)
    • Proto-Slavic: *zvě̑rь (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 EDSIL, page 549‒550: “*zvě̑rь m. i (c) ‘wild animal’”, “BSl. *źweʔrís”, “PIE *ǵʰueh₁r-”
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 EDBIL, page 524: “žvėris”, “BSl. *źweʔrís”, “PIE *ǵʰueh₁r-”
    3. ^ BSW, page 374‒375: “žu̯ēri- (žu̯ēr)”
    4. ^ Kim, Ronald (2018) “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook‎[1], Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN
    5. ^ ALEW 2.0, “žvėrìs (3), (4), žvėrỹs (3)”
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