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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pérḱus
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Proto-Indo-European
Noun
*pérḱus f[1]
- chest
- rib
Declension
| Athematic, proterokinetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *pérḱus | ||
| genitive | *pr̥ḱéws | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *pérḱus | *pérḱuh₁(e) | *pérḱewes |
| vocative | *pérḱu | *pérḱuh₁(e) | *pérḱewes |
| accusative | *pérḱum | *pérḱuh₁(e) | *pérḱums |
| genitive | *pr̥ḱéws | *? | *pr̥ḱéwoHom |
| ablative | *pr̥ḱéws | *? | *pr̥ḱúmos |
| dative | *pr̥ḱéwey | *? | *pr̥ḱúmos |
| locative | *pr̥ḱéw, *pr̥ḱéwi | *? | *pr̥ḱúsu |
| instrumental | *pr̥ḱúh₁ | *? | *pr̥ḱúmis |
Descendants
- (possibly) Proto-Albanian:
- Albanian: parz, parzëm
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *pírˀśis[2][3] (with unexpected laryngeal)
- Lithuanian: pìršys
- Proto-Slavic: *pь̀rsь (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *párćuš (see there for further descendants)
References
- Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*pérk̂us”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 81
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*pь̀rsь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 429
- Derksen, Rick (2015), “piršys”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 358