Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/bébrus

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 *bʰébʰrus.

Alternative forms

*bábrus (Latgalian and Proto-Slavic)

Noun

*bébrus

beaver

Descendants

East Baltic
- Latgalian: babrys m, babrīne f
- Latvian: bebrs, bebris (dialectal)
- Lithuanian: bẽbras
- Samogitian: bėbros
West Baltic
- Old Prussian: bebrus
Proto-Slavic: *bebrъ, *bьbrъ (< *bebrъ), *bobrъ, (see there for further descendants)

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