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-, ultimately from the root of *vьrěti (“to boil”).[1]

Cognate with Lithuanian vỹris, vỹrius (“whirlpool”), Latvian virags.

Noun

*virъ m

  1. whirlpool

Declension

Declension of *virъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *virъ *vira *viri
genitive *vira *viru *virъ
dative *viru *viroma *viromъ
accusative *virъ *vira *viry
instrumental *virъmь, *viromь* *viroma *viry
locative *virě *viru *virěxъ
vocative *vire *vira *viri

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: виръ (virŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: виръ (vir)
      • Russian: вир (vir)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: вир (vir)
    • Macedonian: вир (vir)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ви̑р
      Latin script: vȋr
    • Slovene: vȋr (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

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 Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “вир”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “78-81”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 78-81
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