Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/źwēˀrīˀnas

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰweh₁r-iHnos (or *ǵʰweh₁r-eynos), from *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”). By surface analysis, *źwēˀrís +‎ *-īˀnas. Cognate with Latin ferīnus (< Proto-Italic *ferīnos).

Adjective

*źwēˀrīˀnas[1]

  1. animalistic, bestial, feral
    Synonym: *źwēˀriškas

Descendants

  • Proto-Slavic: *zvěrinъ (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ BSW, page 375: “žu̯ēreinā-”
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