Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/eśetras

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

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-^[1] or *sr̥Hyón- (see Proto-Germanic *sturjô)

Noun

*eśetras m^[1]^[2]

sturgeon

Inflection

Declension of *eśetras (o-stem, unknown accent)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*eśetras	*eśetrōˀ	*eśetrai⁽ˀ⁾
accusative	*eśetran	*eśetrōˀ	*eśetrō⁽ˀ⁾ns
genitive	*eśetrā	*eśetrāu⁽ˀ⁾	*eśetrōn
locative	*eśetrai	*eśetrāu⁽ˀ⁾	*eśetraišu
dative	*eśetrōi	*eśetramā⁽ˀ⁾	*eśetramas
instrumental	*eśetrōˀ	*eśetramāˀ	*eśetrōis
vocative	*eśetre	*eśetrōˀ	*eśetrai⁽ˀ⁾

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Lithuanian: erškẽtas; erškė́tras
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: esketres
Proto-Slavic: *esètrъ (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*esètrъ; *esètra”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 145: “*eśetros”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “eršketas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 156: “*eśetros”

[EDSIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*esètrъ; *esètra”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 145: “*eśetros”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “eršketas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 156: “*eśetros”

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