Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/virъ

This Proto-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-Slavic

Etymology 1

    Derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wīr-, ultimately from the root of *vьrěti (“to boil”).[1]

    Cognate with Lithuanian vỹris, vỹrius (“whirlpool”), Latvian virags.

    Noun

    *virъ m

    1. whirlpool
    Declension
    Declension of *virъ (hard o-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *virъ *vira *viri
    genitive *vira *viru *virъ
    dative *viru *viroma *viromъ
    accusative *virъ *vira *viry
    instrumental *virъmь, *viromь* *viroma *viry
    locative *virě *viru *virěxъ
    vocative *vire *vira *viri

    * -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

    Descendants
    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: виръ (virŭ)
        • Old Ruthenian: виръ (vir)
        • Russian: вир (vir) (obsolete)
    • South Slavic:
      • Bulgarian: вир (vir)
      • Macedonian: вир (vir)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: ви̑р
        Latin script: vȋr
      • Slovene: vȋr (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:

    References

    1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 78-81

    Further reading

    • Derksen, Rick (2008), Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 522
    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “вир”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “вир”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 379

    Etymology 2

      Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wī́ˀras, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Displaced by Proto-Slavic *mǫ̑žь. Attested only in derived term.

      Noun

      *virъ m[1][2]

      1. (attested in East Slavic) man
        Synonyms: *mǫ̑žь, *mǫžьščina
      2. (attested in East Slavic) husband
        Synonym: *mǫ̑žь
      Inflection
      Declension of *virъ (hard o-stem)
      singular dual plural
      nominative *virъ *vira *viri
      genitive *vira *viru *virъ
      dative *viru *viroma *viromъ
      accusative *virъ *vira *viry
      instrumental *virъmь, *viromь* *viroma *viry
      locative *virě *viru *virěxъ
      vocative *vire *vira *viri

      * -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

      Derived terms
      adjectives
      • *virьnъ
      nouns

      References

      1. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2013), “вира II”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 7 (вершь – вняться), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 214
      2. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “вира”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

      Further reading

      • Blažek, Václav (2009), “Kam ta slova zmizela? O chybějících slovanských kontinuantech indoevropských etymonů”, in Ilona Janyšková, Helena Karlíková, editors, Studia etymologica Brunensia‎[1] (in Czech), volume 6, Prague: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, →ISBN, page 47
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