Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/śirˀdís

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱérd.

Noun edit

*śirˀdís f[1][2]

  1. heart
    Synonym: *śḗr n

Inflection edit

Declension of *śirˀdís (i-stem, mobile accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *śirdís *śírˀdīˀ *śírˀdejes
Accusative *śírˀdin *śírˀdīˀ *śírˀdī(ˀ)ns
Genitive *śirdéis *śirdejáu *śirdejṓn
Locative *śirdḗiˀ *śirdejáu *śirdíšu
Dative *śírˀdei *śirdímā(ˀ) *śirdímas
Instrumental *śírˀdīˀ (early forms) *śirdímāˀ *śirdímīˀs
Vocative *śirdéi *śírˀdīˀ *śírˀdejes

Descendants edit

  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: sirds
    • Latvian: sir̂ds
    • Old Lithuanian: širdès
    • Samogitian: šėrdės
  • Proto-Slavic: *sь̑rdьce (from earlier *sьrdь) (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sь̏rdьce”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 485:BSl. *śird-
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “širdis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 448:BSl. *śirʔd-