asaris
Latvian
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *ašerā, from Proto-Indo-European *aḱerā, from *aḱ-, *h₂ḱ- (“sharp, pointed, angular; stone”) (whence also ass (“sharp”), q.v.), with a suffix -er (< *-ros), also found in other Indo-European words related to “sharpness” from other languages (compare Lithuanian ašrùs, Latin ācer (“sharp”), Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge; pointed, sharp”), ἄκρον (“corner; edge; blade”), Sanskrit अश्रिः (áśriḥ, “corner, edge, blade”)). In Latvian, the vowel in the suffix (e) assimilated to the preceding stem vowel (a); in Slavic languages, the stem vowel assimilated to the suffix vowel. Cognates include Lithuanian ešerỹs, dialectal ašerỹs, Proto-Slavic *esera (Polish dialectal jesiora (“fish bone”)). [1]
Noun
asaris m (2nd declension)
Declension
Declension of asaris (2nd declension)
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “asaris”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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