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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/éźera

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

Alternative forms
  • *áźera (by Rozwadowski's change and in accordance to the Old Prussian and Old East Slavic form)

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰerom.[1][2] Cognate with Old Armenian եզր (ezr, “edge, border, bank”), Kamkata-viri āźo, āziu (“pond”), Waigali azā (“pond”). Connection to Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων (Akhérōn) doubtful.[1][3]

Noun

*éźera n[4][5][6]

  1. lake

Inflection

Mobile accent.

Declension of *éźera (o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *eźera *eźerai *eźerāˀ
Accusative *eźera *eźerai *eźerāˀ
Genitive *eźerā *eźerāu(ˀ) *eźerōn
Locative *eźerai *eźerāu(ˀ) *eźeraišu
Dative *eźerōi *eźeramā(ˀ) *eźeramas
Instrumental *eźerōˀ *eźeramāˀ *eźerōis
Vocative *eźera *eźerai *eźerāˀ

Descendants
  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: azars
    • Latvian: ezers
    • Lithuanian: ẽžeras
  • West Baltic:
  • Proto-Slavic: *ȅzero, *ȍzero

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ȅzero; *ȅzerъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 148: “*h₁eǵʰ-(e)r-o-”
  2. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “ezr”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 247-248
  3. Nuova Italia (1972): Conoscenza religiosa, p. 26
  4. Kim, Ronald (2018) “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook‎, Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN
  5. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ȅzero; *ȅzerъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 148: “*éźero”
  6. Derksen, Rick (2015) “ežeras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 158: “*éźero”
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