Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/śirˀšō

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 *ḱr̥h₂-s-ḗr ~ *ḱr̥h₂-s-n-ós, from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”). Cognate with Latin crābrō, English hornet.

Noun

*śirˀšō m[1][2]

hornet

Inflection

Declension of *śirˀšō (consonant stem)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*śirˀšō	*śirˀšene	*śirˀšenes
Accusative	*śirˀšenin	*śirˀšene	*śirˀšenins
Genitive	*śirˀšenes	*śirˀšenauš?	*śirˀšenōn
Locative	*śirˀšenī	*śirˀšenauš?	*śirˀšenišu
Dative	*śirˀšenei	*śirˀšōmā	*śirˀšen(i)mas
Instrumental	*śirˀšōmi?	*śirˀšōmā	*śirˀšenimīš? -imins?
Vocative	*śirˀšō	*śirˀšene	*śirˀšōsu

Descendants

Latgalian: šyršyns
Latvian: sir̂senis
Lithuanian: širšuo, šìršė
Proto-Slavic: *sьrxy (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Finnic: *herhiläinen

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sьršenь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485: “BSl. *śirʔṣen-”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “širšuo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 449: “BSl. *śirʔṣen-”

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

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “širšuo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 449: “BSl. *śirʔṣen-”