Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/éźera

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

Alternative forms

*áźera (by Rozwadowski's change and in accordance to the Old Prussian and Old East Slavic form)

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰeros.[1][2] Cognate with Old Armenian եզր (ezr, “edge, border, bank”), Kamkata-viri āźo, āziu (“pond”), Waigali azā (“pond”). Connection to Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων (Akhérōn) doubtful.[1][3]

Noun

*éźera n[4][5][6]

lake

Inflection

Mobile accent.

Declension of *éźera (o-stem)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*eźera	*eźerai	*eźerāˀ
Accusative	*eźera	*eźerai	*eźerāˀ
Genitive	*eźerā	*eźerāu⁽ˀ⁾	*eźerōn
Locative	*eźerai	*eźerāu⁽ˀ⁾	*eźeraišu
Dative	*eźerōi	*eźeramā⁽ˀ⁾	*eźeramas
Instrumental	*eźerōˀ	*eźeramāˀ	*eźerōis
Vocative	*eźera	*eźerai	*eźerāˀ

Descendants

Latgalian: azars
Latvian: ezers
Lithuanian: ẽžeras
Old Prussian: assaran
Proto-Slavic: *ȅzero, *ȍzero

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ȅzero; *ȅzerъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 148: “*h₁eǵʰ-(e)r-o-”
Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “ezr”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 247-248
Nuova Italia (1972): Conoscenza religiosa, p. 26
Kim, Ronald (2018), “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook of Language Comparison and the Reconstruction of Indo-European‎, Berlin: de Gruyter
Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ȅzero; *ȅzerъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 148: “*éźero”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “ežeras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 158: “*éźero”

[EDSIL_PIE-1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ȅzero; *ȅzerъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 148: “*h₁eǵʰ-(e)r-o-”

[2] Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “ezr”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 247-248

[3] Nuova Italia (1972): Conoscenza religiosa, p. 26

[4] Kim, Ronald (2018), “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook of Language Comparison and the Reconstruction of Indo-European‎, Berlin: de Gruyter

[5] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ȅzero; *ȅzerъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 148: “*éźero”

[6] Derksen, Rick (2015), “ežeras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 158: “*éźero”