Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/źwēˀrīˀnāˀ

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

Alternative forms

• *źwēˀreināˀ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰweh₁r-iHneh₂ or *ǵʰweh₁r-eyneh₂, from *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”). By surface analysis, *źwēˀrís +‎ *-īˀnāˀ. Cognate with Latin ferīna (< Proto-Italic *ferīnā).

Noun

*źwēˀrīˀnāˀ f

1. wildmeat, game

Descendants

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

From *źwēˀreināˀ:

• East Baltic:
  • Old Lithuanian: zwieriena (since 1642)
    • Lithuanian: žvėri̇́ena, žvėrienà
    • Samogitian: žvieriena

Further reading

• SEJL², page 2371: “žvėrìs”, “žvėríena”