Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wírwis

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer-.

Noun

*wírwis f

1. rope, cord, string

Descendants

• Lithuanian: vir̃vė
• Latgalian: vērve
• Latvian: vìrve
• Old Prussian: wirbe
• Proto-Slavic: *vь̑rvь (see there for further descendants)