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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/śirˀšō

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *ḱr̥h₂-s-ḗr ~ *ḱr̥h₂-s-n-ós, from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”). Cognate with Latin crābrō, English hornet.

Noun

*śirˀšō m [1]

  1. hornet

Inflection
Declension of *śirˀšō (consonant stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *śirˀšō *śirˀšenīˀ *śirˀšenes
Accusative *śirˀšenin *śirˀšenīˀ *śirˀšenins
Genitive *śirˀšenes *śirˀšenauš? *śirˀšenun
Locative *śirˀšen(i)? *śirˀšenauš? *śirˀšenišu
Dative *śirˀšenei *śirˀšenimō *śirˀšenimas
Instrumental *śirˀšenēˀ? *śirˀšenimō *śirˀšenimiš
Vocative *śirˀšō? *śirˀšenīˀ *śirˀšenes

Descendants
  • Latgalian: šyršyns
  • Latvian: sirsenis
  • Lithuanian: širšuo, šìršė
  • Slavic: *sьrxy (see there for further descendants)
  • → Finnic: *herhiläinen

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2015), “širšuo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 449-450
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