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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
  • Latvian: virsus m (rare), virsa f
  • Lithuanian: viršùs
  • 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, →ISSN, 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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