Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wékeras

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 *wek(ʷ)speros (evening) or Proto-Indo-European *we(s)kʷeros (evening).[1][2]

    Noun

    *wékeras m[2][1][3]

    1. evening

    Inflection

    Declension of *wékeras (o-stem, fixed accent)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *wékeras *wékerōˀ *wékerai(ˀ)
    accusative *wékeran *wékerōˀ *wékerō(ˀ)ns
    genitive *wékerā *wékerāu(ˀ) *wékerōn
    locative *wékerai *wékerāu(ˀ) *wékeraišu
    dative *wékerōi *wékeramā(ˀ) *wékeramas
    instrumental *wékerōˀ *wékeramāˀ *wékerōis
    vocative *wékere *wékerōˀ *wékerai(ˀ)

    Descendants

    • East Baltic:
      • Latgalian: vokors
      • Latvian: vakars
      • Lithuanian: vãkaras
      • Samogitian: vakars
    • Proto-Slavic: *vȅčerъ (see there for further descendants)

    Further reading

    • Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “vãkaras”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language]‎[2] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, page 714f

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2015), “vakaras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485:BSL *wekeros
    2. 2.0 2.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vȅčerъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 513:BSl. *wekeros
    3. ^ Nikolajev, S. L. (2012), “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura[1] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 161