Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/śirˀšō

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-s-ḗr ~ *ḱr̥h₂-s-n-ós, from *ḱerh₂- (horn). Cognate with Latin crābrō, English hornet.

Noun[edit]

*śirˀšō m[1][2]

  1. hornet

Inflection[edit]

Declension of *śirˀšō (consonant stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *śirˀšō *śirˀšene *śirˀšenes
Accusative *śirˀšenin *śirˀšene *śirˀšenins
Genitive *śirˀšenes *śirˀšenauš? *śirˀšenōn
Locative *śirˀšenī *śirˀšenauš? *śirˀšenišu
Dative *śirˀšenei *śirˀšōmā *śirˀšen(i)mas
Instrumental *śirˀšōmi? *śirˀšōmā *śirˀšenimīš? -imins?
Vocative *śirˀšō *śirˀšene *śirˀšōsu

Descendants[edit]

  • Latgalian: šyršyns
  • Latvian: sir̂senis
  • Lithuanian: širšuo, šìršė
  • Proto-Slavic: *sьrxy (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *herhiläinen

References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sьršenь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 485:BSl. *śirʔṣen-
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “širšuo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 449:BSl. *śirʔṣen-