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
    • Samogitian: vėršos
    • 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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