Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wilpiśjás

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 *h₂wl̥p-iḱ-yós[1][2] (with a variation of suffix *-ḱos), from *h₂wl̥p- (zero-grade), variant of *h₂(w)lṓp- (“fox”, lengthened o-grade via schwebeablaut). Due to the taboo nature of the word, the root has changed significantly in most Indo-European descendants.

Noun

*wilpiśjás m

  1. wild cat
nouns

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Old Lithuanian: vilpišỹs
      • Lithuanian: vilpišỹs, vilpišis; vilp̃išas, vilpi̇̀šius (dialectal)
  • →? Proto-Uralic: *(w)ülpisi[2]
    • >? Proto-Finnic: *ilbes (“lynx”) (see there for further descendants)
    • >? Proto-Samic: *ëlpës (“lynx”) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ ESSJa, vol. 15, page 137‒139: “*lisa”, “*u̯l̥p(e)ḱ-”
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Heikkilä (2017), page 5‒7: “Lithuanian vilpišỹs, vilpišas, vilpišius ʼwild catʼ < PIE/NWIE *wḷp-iksios”

Further reading

  • EDBIL, page 505: “vilpišys”, “PIE *ulp-”, page 274: “lapė”, “PIE *h₂lōp-s, *h₂lop-”
  • SEJL2, page 2236: “vilpišỹs”
  • ALEW 2.0, “vilpišỹs”
  • LKEŽDB, “vilpišys”
  • Palmér, Jakob, Thorsø, van Sluis, Swanenvleugel, Kroonen (2021)
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