Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/virъ

This Proto-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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wīr-.Cognate with Lithuanian vỹris, vỹrius (“whirlpool”), Latvian virags.

Noun

*virъ m

whirlpool

Declension

Declension of *virъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*virъ	*vira	*viri
Accusative	*virъ	*vira	*viry
Genitive	*vira	*viru	*virъ
Locative	*virě	*viru	*virěxъ
Dative	*viru	*viroma	*viromъ
Instrumental	virъmь, viromь^*	*viroma	*viry
Vocative	*vire	*vira	*viri

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: виръ (virŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: виръ (vir)
    - Belarusian: вір (vir)
    - Ukrainian: вир (vyr)
  - Russian: вир (vir)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: вир (vir)
- Macedonian: вир (vir)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ви̑р
  Latin: vȋr
- Slovene: vȋr (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: vír
  - Czech: vír
- Old Polish: wir
  - Polish: wir
- Slovak: vír

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 522
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “вир”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “вир”, in Етимологічний словник української мови: у 7 т. [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 7 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka