Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/śírˀnāˀ

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-néh₂, from *ḱerh₂- (“head, top, horn”), with accent retraction due to Hirt's law.

Noun

*śírˀnāˀ f[1][2]

roe

Inflection

Declension of *śírˀnāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*śírˀnāˀ	*śírˀnāiˀ	*śírˀnās
Accusative	*śírˀnā⁽ˀ⁾n	*śírˀnāiˀ	*śírˀnā⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*śírˀnā⁽ˀ⁾s	*śírˀnāu⁽ˀ⁾	*śírˀnōn
Locative	*śírˀnāiˀ	*śírˀnāu⁽ˀ⁾	*śírˀnā⁽ˀ⁾su
Dative	*śírˀnāi	*śírˀnā⁽ˀ⁾mā⁽ˀ⁾	*śírˀnā⁽ˀ⁾mas
Instrumental	*śírˀnāˀn	*śírˀnā⁽ˀ⁾māˀ	*śírˀnā⁽ˀ⁾mīˀs
Vocative	*śírˀna	*śírˀnāiˀ	*śírˀnās

Alternative forms

*śírˀwis
- Old Prussian: sirwis (for the sufix compare insuwis)

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Old Latvian: sirna
  - Latvian: stir̃na
- Lithuanian: stìrna
Proto-Slavic: *sь̀rna (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sьrna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485: “BSl. *śírʔnaʔ”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “stirna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 428: “BSl. *śírʔnaʔ”

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

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “stirna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 428: “BSl. *śírʔnaʔ”