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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sirъ

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śeiras, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey-rós. Cognate with Lithuanian šeirỹs (widower), Sanskrit शयु (śayú, orphan).

Adjective

*sȋrъ[1][2]

  1. orphaned

Inflection

Accent paradigm C.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: сиръ (sirŭ), сирꙑи (siryi)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: сиръ (sirŭ)
      Unspecified script:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: sirý (literary)
    • Polabian: sarĕ
    • Slovak: sirý

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “си́рый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) “šeirys”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 442:*sirъ adj. o 'orphaned'
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “sirъ sira siro”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c ensom, hittet (SA 123f.; PR 138)
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