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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/garā́ˀ

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

Etymology

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

Noun

*garā́ˀ f[1][2][3]

  1. forest

Inflection
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)mā(ˀ) *garā́(ˀ)mas
Instrumental *gárāˀn *garā́(ˀ)māˀ *garā́(ˀ)mīˀs
Vocative *gára *gárāiˀ *gárās

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

References
  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-”
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