Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/ikrā́ˀ

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 *yékʷr̥.

Noun edit

*ikrā́ˀ f[1][2]

  1. roe, spawn, caviar

Alternative reconstructions edit

  • *ikra

Descendants edit

  • Lithuanian: ìkras
  • Latvian: ikri pl
  • Proto-Slavic: *jьkrà (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “ikras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 199:BSL *ikraʔ; *ikro
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “jьkrà, ; jьkro”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN