Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/širь

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This Proto-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-Slavic

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Speculated to be a borrowing from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćšáytram (land, country) (likely via Scythian[1]), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- (to settle, to cultivate).

Alternatively, it could be a dialectal derivative of Proto-Indo-European *sḱēy- (to shine), cognate with Proto-Slavic *ščirъ (sincere, honest) and Proto-Germanic *skīriz (sheer, pure).

Noun

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*šȋrь f[2]

  1. expanse, stretch, extent
    Synonym: *prostorъ

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: ширь (širʹ)
    • Ukrainian: шир (šyr)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ширь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

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  1. ^ J. Komárková, V. Blažek (2013): Scytho-Slavica (in German), Indogermanische Forschungen
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “širȍk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*šȋrъ