Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wíršus

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

From Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“top”).

Noun

*wíršus m[1][2]

  1. top, peak, upper part

Inflection

Declension of *wíršus (u-stem, fixed accent)
singular dual plural
nominative *wíršus *wíršūˀ *wíršawes
accusative *wíršun *wíršūˀ *wíršū(ˀ)ns
genitive *wíršaus *wíršawau *wíršawōn
locative *wíršēuˀ *wíršawau *wíršušu
dative *wíršawei *wíršumā(ˀ) *wíršumas
instrumental *wíršūˀ (early forms) *wíršumāˀ *wíršumīˀs
vocative *wíršau *wíršūˀ *wíršawes

Descendants

  • Latgalian: vierss
  • Latvian: virsus m (rare), virsa f
  • Lithuanian: viršùs
  • Proto-Slavic: *vь̃rxъ (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vь̀rxъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 538: “BSl. *wirṣu(s)”
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “viršus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 506: “BSl. *wirṣu(s)”
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