Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/sū́ˀras

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 *súHros (“sour, salty, bitter”).

Adjective

*sū́ˀras[1][2]

salty, bitter

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Latvian: sūrs
Lithuanian: sū́ras
Proto-Slavic: *syrъ (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*syrъ II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 484: “*súʔros”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “sūras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 436: “*súʔros”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*syrъ II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 484: “*súʔros”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “sūras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 436: “*súʔros”