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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/śī́ˀwas

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 *(s)ḱih₃-wó-s, from *(s)ḱeh₃- (“grey”) +‎ *-wós.[1][2]

Adjective

*śī́ˀwas[3][4]

  1. grey

Inflection

Fixed accent.

Descendants
  • Lithuanian: šývas
  • Old Prussian: sijwan
  • Proto-Slavic: *sìvъ (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hēwja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 224
  2. Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 105
  3. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sìvъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 451: “BSl. *śíʔvos”
  4. Derksen, Rick (2015) “šyvas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 451: “BSl. *śíʔwos”
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