Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/źwēˀrís

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 *ǵʰwer-.

Noun

*źwēˀrís m[1][2][3]

wild animal, beast

Inflection

Declension of *źwēˀrís (i-stem, mobile accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*źwēˀrís	*źwḗˀrīˀ	*źwḗˀrejes
Accusative	*źwḗˀrin	*źwḗˀrīˀ	*źwḗˀrī⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*źwēˀréis	*źwēˀrejáu	*źwēˀrejṓn
Locative	*źwēˀrḗiˀ	*źwēˀrejáu	*źwēˀríšu
Dative	*źwḗˀrei	*źwēˀrímā⁽ˀ⁾	*źwēˀrímas
Instrumental	*źwḗˀrīˀ (early forms)	*źwēˀrímāˀ	*źwēˀrímīˀs
Vocative	*źwēˀréi	*źwḗˀrīˀ	*źwḗˀrejes

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: zviers
- Latvian: zvêrs
- Lithuanian: žvėrìs
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: swīrins
Proto-Slavic: *zvě̑rь (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zvě̑rь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 549: “BSl. *źweʔrís”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “žvėris”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 524: “BSl. *źweʔrís”
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

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zvě̑rь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 549: “BSl. *źweʔrís”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “žvėris”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 524: “BSl. *źweʔrís”

[3] 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