Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/garā́ˀ

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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[edit]

*garā́ˀ

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷorH-eh₂, from *gʷerH-.

Noun[edit]

*garā́ˀ f[1][2][3]

  1. forest

Inflection[edit]

Declension of *garā́ˀ (ā-stem, mobile accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *garā́ˀ *gárāiˀ *gárās
Accusative *gárā(ˀ)n *gárāiˀ *gárā(ˀ)ns
Genitive *garā́(ˀ)s *garā́u(ˀ) *garṓn
Locative *garā́iˀ *garā́u(ˀ) *garā́(ˀ)su
Dative *gárāi *garā́(ˀ)(ˀ) *garā́(ˀ)mas
Instrumental *gárāˀn *garā́(ˀ)māˀ *garā́(ˀ)mīˀs
Vocative *gára *gárāiˀ *gárās

Descendants[edit]

  • Lithuanian: girià, gìrė (forest) (dialectal)
  • Old Prussian: garian (tree)
  • Sudovian: gyr (primeval forest)
  • Proto-Slavic: *gorà

References[edit]

  1. ^ Balto-Slavic Mobility as an Indo-European Problem, J. Jasanoff
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gorà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 177:*gor-/*gir-
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “giria”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 178:*gor-; *gir-