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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wósr̥

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Alternative reconstructions

Noun

*wósr̥ n (oblique stem *wésn̥-) [2]

  1. spring (season)

Inflection
Athematic, acrostatic
singular
nominative *wósr̥
genitive *wésn̥s
singular dual plural
nominative *wósr̥ — —
vocative *wósr̥ — —
accusative *wósr̥ — —
genitive *wésn̥s — —
ablative *wésn̥s — —
dative *wésney — —
locative *wésn̥, *wésni — —
instrumental *wésn̥h₁ — —

Descendants
  • Armenian:
  • Balto-Slavic: *was(e)r (see there for further descendants)
  • Celtic: *wesr-/wesn-
    • *wesantēnos
      • Brythonic:
        • Old Welsh: guiannuin
          • Middle Welsh: gwaeanhwyn
        • Old Cornish: guaintoin
    • *wesrakos
    • *wesnālā (“swallow (bird)”)
      • Brythonic: *gwennọl
        • Old Breton: guennol
          • Middle Breton: guennel
            • Breton: gwennel
        • Cornish: gwennol
        • Old Welsh: guennol
          • Middle Welsh: gwennawl
      • Goidelic:
  • Germanic: *wasrą
  • Hellenic: *wéhər
  • Indo-Iranian: *wásr̥ (see there for further descendants)
  • Italic: *wezor

See also
Seasons in Proto-Indo-European · [Term?] (layout · text)
*wósr̥ (“spring”) *semh₂- (“summer”) *(s)h₁es- (“autumn”) *ǵʰéyōm (“winter”)

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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