Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰr̥sús

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

    From *dʰers- (to be bold, to dare) +‎ *-us.

    Adjective

    *dʰr̥sús[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

    1. bold, courageous, daring, brave

    Declension

    Athematic, hysterokinetic
    masculine feminine
    nominative *dʰr̥sús *dʰr̥séwih₂
    genitive *dʰr̥séws *dʰr̥suyéh₂s
    masculine singular dual plural
    nominative *dʰr̥sús *dʰr̥súh₁(e) *dʰr̥súes
    vocative *dʰr̥sú *dʰr̥súh₁(e) *dʰr̥súes
    accusative *dʰr̥súm *dʰr̥súh₁(e) *dʰr̥súms
    genitive *dʰr̥séws *? *dʰr̥séwoHom
    ablative *dʰr̥séws *? *dʰr̥séwmos, *dʰr̥séwbʰos
    dative *dʰr̥séwey *? *dʰr̥séwmos, *dʰr̥séwbʰos
    locative *dʰr̥séw, *dʰr̥séwi *? *dʰr̥séwsu
    instrumental *dʰr̥séwh₁ *? *dʰr̥séwmis, *dʰr̥séwbʰis
    feminine singular dual plural
    nominative *dʰr̥séwih₂ *dʰr̥séwih₂h₁(e) *dʰr̥séwih₂es
    vocative *dʰr̥séwih₂ *dʰr̥séwih₂h₁(e) *dʰr̥séwih₂es
    accusative *dʰr̥séwih₂m̥ *dʰr̥séwih₂h₁(e) *dʰr̥séwih₂m̥s
    genitive *dʰr̥suyéh₂s *? *dʰr̥suyéh₂oHom
    ablative *dʰr̥suyéh₂s *? *dʰr̥suyéh₂mos, *dʰr̥suyéh₂bʰos
    dative *dʰr̥suyéh₂ey *? *dʰr̥suyéh₂mos, *dʰr̥suyéh₂bʰos
    locative *dʰr̥suyéh₂, *dʰr̥suyéh₂i *? *dʰr̥suyéh₂su
    instrumental *dʰr̥suyéh₂h₁ *? *dʰr̥suyéh₂mis, *dʰr̥suyéh₂bʰis
    neuter singular dual plural
    nominative *dʰr̥sú *dʰr̥súyh₁ *dʰr̥súh₂
    vocative *dʰr̥sú *dʰr̥súyh₁ *dʰr̥súh₂
    accusative *dʰr̥sú *dʰr̥súyh₁ *dʰr̥súh₂
    genitive *dʰr̥séws *? *dʰr̥séwoHom
    ablative *dʰr̥séws *? *dʰr̥séwmos, *dʰr̥séwbʰos
    dative *dʰr̥séwey *? *dʰr̥séwmos, *dʰr̥séwbʰos
    locative *dʰr̥séw, *dʰr̥séwi *? *dʰr̥séwsu
    instrumental *dʰr̥séwh₁ *? *dʰr̥séwmis, *dʰr̥séwbʰis

    Descendants

    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *diršus
      • Latvian: dròšs, dròss
      • Lithuanian: drąsùs
      • Old Prussian: dyrsos, dirsos
      • Proto-Slavic: *dьrzъ (bold) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic:[9]
      • Middle High German: türre, dürre
    • Proto-Hellenic: *tʰrəsús
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dʰr̥šúš
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dʰr̥ṣúṣ

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dьrzъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 137:*dʰrs-u-
    2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “drąsus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 136-137:*dʰrs-u-
    3. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), “*dʰers-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 120:*dʰr̥s-u-
    4. ^ Willi, A (2022), “Competitive speed: Gr. φθάνω, φθόνος, ταχύς”, in ​​Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft[1], Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN:θρασύς ‘bold, daring’ (< *dhr̥s-ú-)
    5. ^ Svensson, Miguel Villanueva (2003), “Balto-Slavic denominatives from a historical perspective, with special attention to the PIE nu-factitives”, in Deadjectival verb formation in Indo-European: Historical and theoretical perspectives, page 12:*dhr̥s-ú- ‘bold’ (Gk. θρασύς, Ved. dhr̥ṣṇú-, Sl. *dьrzъkъ)
    6. ^ van Beek, Lucien (2022), The Reflexes of Syllabic Liquids in Ancient Greek (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 22)‎[2], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 176:The adjective θρασύς ‘bold’ < *dʰr̥s-ú‑
    7. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 171:G θρασύς (earlier than θαρσέω 95.1) ‘daring’ < PIE *dhr̥su-
    8. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*dhers-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, pages 80-81:
      *dhr̥sus: Lith drąsùs ‘brave’, OCS drŭzŭ ‘brave’ (with problematic voicing of *s>z), Grk θρασύς ‘bold, spirited’, OInd dhr̥sú- ‘‘brave’. Hit dassus ‘heavy, strong’ is sometimes derived from *darsus but such a derivation is very dubious.
    9. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*đurzuz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 80

    Further reading

    • Fick, August (1890–1909), “dhers-”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), 4th edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 75