Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/meiˀrás
Proto-Balto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *meyH-ró-s. Related to Latin mītis (“mild, calm, peaceful”).
Noun
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *meiˀrás | *méiˀrōˀ | *meiˀrái(ˀ) |
| accusative | *méiˀran | *méiˀrōˀ | *méiˀrō(ˀ)ns |
| genitive | *méiˀrā | *meiˀrā́u(ˀ) | *meiˀrṓn |
| locative | *méiˀrai | *meiˀrā́u(ˀ) | *meiˀráišu |
| dative | *méiˀrōi | *meiˀrámā(ˀ) | *meiˀrámas |
| instrumental | *méiˀrōˀ | *meiˀrámāˀ | *meiˀrṓis |
| vocative | *méiˀre | *méiˀrōˀ | *meiˀrái(ˀ) |
Descendants
- Latgalian: mīrs
- Latvian: miers
- Old Lithuanian: mieras
- Proto-Slavic: *mȋrъ (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mȋrъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 318: “*meiʔrós”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “mieras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 316: “*meiʔrós”