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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sirъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Indo-European *śeiros, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱei-ro-. Cognate with Lithuanian šeirỹs (widower), Sanskrit शयु (śayú, orphan).

Adjective

*sȋrъ [1][2]

  1. orphaned

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: сиръ (sirŭ)
      Unspecified: [Term?]
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: sirý
    • Slovak: sirý

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2015), “šeirys”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 442:*sirъ adj. o 'orphaned'”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), sirъ sira siro”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c ensom, hittet (SA 123f.; PR 138)”
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