Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/garā́ˀ

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 *gʷorH-eh₂, from *gʷerH-.

Noun

*garā́ˀ f^[1]^[2]^[3]

forest

Inflection

Declension of *garā́ˀ (ā-stem, mobile accent)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*garā́ˀ	*gárāiˀ	*gárās
accusative	*gárā⁽ˀ⁾n	*gárāiˀ	*gárā⁽ˀ⁾ns
genitive	*garā́⁽ˀ⁾s	*garā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*garṓn
locative	*garā́iˀ	*garā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*garā́⁽ˀ⁾su
dative	*gárāi	*garā́⁽ˀ⁾mā⁽ˀ⁾	*garā́⁽ˀ⁾mas
instrumental	*gárāˀn	*garā́⁽ˀ⁾māˀ	*garā́⁽ˀ⁾mīˀs
vocative	*gára	*gárāiˀ	*gárās

Descendants

Lithuanian: girià, gi̇̀rė (“forest”) (dialectal)
Samogitian: gėrė
Old Prussian: garian (“tree”)
Sudovian: gyr (“primeval forest”)
Proto-Slavic: *gorà

References

^ Balto-Slavic Mobility as an Indo-European Problem, J. Jasanoff
^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gorà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 177: “*gor-/*gir-”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “giria”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 178: “*gor-; *gir-”

[1] Balto-Slavic Mobility as an Indo-European Problem, J. Jasanoff

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gorà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 177: “*gor-/*gir-”

[3] Derksen, Rick (2015), “giria”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 178: “*gor-; *gir-”

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