Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/śirˀdís

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 *ḱérd.

Noun

*śirˀdís f[1][2]

heart
Synonym: *śḗr n

Inflection

Declension of *śirˀdís (i-stem, mobile accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*śirdís	*śírˀdīˀ	*śírˀdejes
Accusative	*śírˀdin	*śírˀdīˀ	*śírˀdī⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*śirdéis	*śirdejáu	*śirdejṓn
Locative	*śirdḗiˀ	*śirdejáu	*śirdíšu
Dative	*śírˀdei	*śirdímā⁽ˀ⁾	*śirdímas
Instrumental	*śírˀdīˀ (early forms)	*śirdímāˀ	*śirdímīˀs
Vocative	*śirdéi	*śírˀdīˀ	*śírˀdejes

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: sirds
- Latvian: sir̂ds
- Old Lithuanian: širdès
  - Lithuanian: širdìs
- Samogitian: šėrdės
Proto-Slavic: *sь̑rdьce (from earlier *sьrdь) (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sь̏rdьce”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485: “BSl. *śird-”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “širdis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 448: “BSl. *śirʔd-”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sь̏rdьce”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485: “BSl. *śird-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “širdis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 448: “BSl. *śirʔd-”