Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/śī́ˀwas

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 *(s)ḱih₃-wó-s, from *(s)ḱeh₃- (“grey”) +‎ *-wós.[1][2]

Adjective

*śī́ˀwas[3][4]

grey

Inflection

Fixed accent.

Related terms

*śirˀmas

Descendants

Lithuanian: šývas
Old Prussian: sijwan
Proto-Slavic: *sìvъ (see there for further descendants)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hēwja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 224
Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 105
Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sìvъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 451: “BSl. *śíʔvos”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “šyvas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 451: “BSl. *śíʔwos”

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hēwja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 224

[2] Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 105

[3] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sìvъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 451: “BSl. *śíʔvos”

[4] Derksen, Rick (2015), “šyvas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 451: “BSl. *śíʔwos”