Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/bébrus

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

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus.

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

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    *bébrus

    1. beaver

    Descendants

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    • East Baltic
      • Latgalian: babrys m, babrīne f
      • Latvian: bebrs, bebris (dialectal)
      • Lithuanian: bẽbras
      • Samogitian: bėbros
    • West Baltic
    • Proto-Slavic: *bebrъ, *bьbrъ (< *bebrъ), *bobrъ, (see there for further descendants)