Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/taurás
Proto-Balto-Slavic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *táwros (“wild bull, aurochs”).
Noun
editInflection
editDeclension of *taurás (o-stem, mobile accent) | ||||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
Nominative | *taurás | *táurōˀ | *taurái(ˀ) | |
Accusative | *táuran | *táurōˀ | *táurō(ˀ)ns | |
Genitive | *táurā | *taurā́u(ˀ) | *taurṓn | |
Locative | *táurai | *taurā́u(ˀ) | *tauráišu | |
Dative | *táurōi | *taurámā(ˀ) | *taurámas | |
Instrumental | *táurōˀ | *taurámāˀ | *taurṓis | |
Vocative | *táure | *táurōˀ | *taurái(ˀ) |
Descendants
edit- East Baltic:
- West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: tauris
- Proto-Slavic: *tȗrъ (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-Finnic: *tarvas (see there for further descendants)
References
edit- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*tȗrъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 500: “*taurós”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “tauras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 460: “*taurós”