Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/meiˀrás

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 *meyH-ró-s. Related to Latin mītis (“mild, calm, peaceful”).

Noun

*meiˀrás m[1][2]

peace

Inflection

Declension of *meiˀrás (o-stem, mobile accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*meiˀrás	*méiˀrōˀ	*meiˀrái⁽ˀ⁾
Accusative	*méiˀran	*méiˀrōˀ	*méiˀrō⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*méiˀrā	*meiˀrā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*meiˀrṓn
Locative	*méiˀrai	*meiˀrā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*meiˀráišu
Dative	*méiˀrōi	*meiˀrámā⁽ˀ⁾	*meiˀrámas
Instrumental	*méiˀrōˀ	*meiˀrámāˀ	*meiˀrṓis
Vocative	*méiˀre	*méiˀrōˀ	*meiˀrái⁽ˀ⁾

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: mīrs
- Latvian: miers
- Old Lithuanian: mieras
Proto-Slavic: *mȋrъ (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mȋrъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 318: “*meiʔrós”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “mieras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 316: “*meiʔrós”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mȋrъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 318: “*meiʔrós”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “mieras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 316: “*meiʔrós”